History Hop Tags - Signed

1153-11-06

Treaty of Wallingford (Oxfordshire) signed between King Stephen and the Empress Maude

1287-01-21

The treaty of San Agayz is signed. Minorca is conquered by King Alfons III of Aragon.

1305-06-23

French-Flemish peace treaty signed at Athis-sur-Orge

1360-05-08

Treaty of Brétigny signed by English & French

1373-06-13

Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest extant) signed in London

1385-12-18

Peace of Tournai (Dutch - Doornik) signed between the Burgundian Duke Philip II and the rebellious city of Ghent

1398-10-12

The Treaty of Salynas is signed between Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great and the Teutonic Knights, who received Samogitia.

1489-07-22

Treaty of Frankfurt signed between Maximilian of Austria and King Charles VIII of France

1508-12-10

League of the kingdom signed (covenant against Venice)

1516-08-13

The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis recognises Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognises Francis's claim to Milan.

1538-02-24

Treaty of Nagyvarad/Peace of Grosswardein signed between Ferdinand I of Austria and John Zápolya of Hungary.

1573-01-28

Articles of Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.

1579-01-06

The Union of Atrecht is signed.

1579-01-23

Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic

1579-01-25

Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic

1620-11-21

Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims in Cape Cod, [O.S. Nov 11]

1631-05-30

The Treaty of Fontainebleau signed between Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, and the Kingdom of France, establishing a secret alliance between them during the Thirty Years' War.

1632-03-29

Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.

1635-05-30

The Peace of Prague signed between the Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand II and the Electorate of Saxony (representing Protestant states of the Holy Roman Empire). It effectively ended the civil war aspect of the Thirty Years' War

1636-08-18

The Covenant of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts is first signed.

1640-08-29

English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland

1657-12-27

Flushing Remonstrance petition is signed in the Dutch colony of New Netherland protesting ban on Quaker worship

1659-11-17

Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.

1660-10-17

Nine Regicides, the men who signed the death warrant of Charles I, are hanged, drawn and quartered, another is hanged.

1661-08-06

The Treaty of The Hague is signed whereby the Dutch Republic sells New Holland (Brazil) for 63 tonnes of gold

1667-01-30

Treaty/Truce of Andrusovo signed between Tsardom of Russia & Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

1689-08-27

The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing empire.

1701-08-02

Great Peace of Montreal signed between New France and North American Indian nations at urging of Huron chief Kondiaronk

1718-07-21

The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.

1731-03-16

Treaty of Vienna signed by Prince Eugene of Savoy, Count Sinzendorf and Count Gundacker, Thomas Stahremberg and the British envoy to Vienna, Sir Thomas Robinson.

1735-03-10

An agreement between Nadir Shah and Paul I of Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku.

1739-10-03

The Treaty of Nissa is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736-1739.

1778-09-17

1st treaty between the US & Indian tribes signed (Fort Pitt)

1783-09-03

Treaty of Paris signed in Paris ends the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and United States of America

1785-11-28

The Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the Confederation Congress of the United States of America and the Cherokee people

1791-08-04

The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman-Habsburg wars.

1794-11-19

Jay Treaty, first US extradition treaty, signed with Great Britain

1795-10-26

Pinckney's Treaty between Spain & US is signed, establishing southern boundary of US & giving Americans right to send goods down Mississippi

1802-03-16

Law signed to establish US Milt Academy (West Point, NY)

1807-07-09

Treaties of Tilsit signed by Napoleon I and Alexander I.

1808-11-10

Osage Treaty signed

1809-03-01

Embargo Act of 1807 repealed & Non-Intercourse Act signed

1814-05-30

Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition - the Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent.

1814-12-24

Treaty of Ghent (end of US-Britain War of 1812) signed

1816-08-24

The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.

1825-02-12

Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government & migrate west by Sept 1, 1826

1835-12-29

The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.

1839-06-07

Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed

1840-02-06

The Treaty of Waitangi is signed between 40 Māori Chiefs (later signed by 500) and representatives of the British crown in Waitangi, New Zealand. The treaty was designed to share sovereignty between the two groups.

1846-06-15

Oregon Treaty signed, setting US-British boundary at 49°N

1847-07-26

The Liberian Declaration of Independence is signed making Liberia a sovereign nation, independent from the American Colonization Society

1848-03-07

In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed

1850-11-29

The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation.

1851-07-23

Treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed by Sioux Indians & US

1853-06-24

Gadsden Purchase 29,670-square-mile (76,800 square km) from Mexico (now southern Arizona and New Mexico) for $10 million signed by President Franklin Pierce

1858-07-29

Treaty of Amity and Commerce/Harris Treaty signed between US & Japan opening Japanese ports to trade

1864-08-28

The first Geneva Convention, governing rules of warfare, signed by 26 nations.

1865-11-11

Treaty of Sinchula is signed in which Bhutan ceded the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.

1868-06-01

Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.

1883-03-20

Unity treaty of Paris signed: protects industrial property

1884-02-26

British & Portuguese treaty signed in Congo by Leopold II

1887-06-18

The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.

1888-03-02

The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

1890-08-30

President Benjamin Harrison signed the first U.S. law requiring inspection of meat products

1893-01-06

The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.

1893-07-28

A petition demanding women's suffrage is delivered to the New Zealand parliament; it is signed by more 25,000 women, about a 5th of the entire adult European female population

1893-11-12

The treaty of the Durand Line is signed between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan - the Durand Line has gained international recognition as an international border between the two sister nations.

1894-07-16

Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan & England

1895-04-17

Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends 1st Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)

1897-06-16

A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.

1898-08-12

Peace protocol ends Spanish-American War, signed

1899-02-10

US-Spain peace treaty signed by Pres McKinley. US gets PR & Guam

1899-07-29

The First Hague Convention is signed.

1901-03-11

Cincinnati Enquirer reports Balt mgr John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant

1901-03-14

Germany's Chancellor von Bulow declares that the agreement Germany signed with England in October 1900, to restrain foreign aggression and maintain open trade, does not apply to Manchuria

1902-05-31

Boer War Ends; Treaty of Unity signed, Britain annexes Transvaal

1903-01-22

The Hay-Herran Treaty concerning the USA's right to the Panama Canal is signed by the Colombian Charge d'affaires in Washington DC (never ratified)

1905-09-05

The Treaty of Portsmouth is signed concluding the Russo-Japanese War; US President Roosevelt will receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as mediator

1905-11-17

The Eulsa Treaty is signed between Japan and Korea.

1912-01-23

The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.

1912-12-05

The Triple Alliance among Italy, Austria, and Germany (originally signed in 1882) is renewed for six years, beginning in 1914, a move inspired by instability in the Balkans

1913-10-03

Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%)

1917-07-20

Pact of Corfu signed: Serbs, Croats & Slovenes form Yugoslavia

1918-11-07

United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed

1918-11-11

Armistice signed by the Allies and Germany comes into effect, WW I hostilities end at 11.00 am

1919-06-28

Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed in France - also established the League of Nations

1920-05-05

German-Latvian peace treaty signed

1921-12-06

Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland

1922-04-16

German-Russia treaty signed in Italy, Soviet Union recognized

1922-05-24

Russian-Italian trade agreement signed

1922-10-04

Protocol of Genevia signed: Austria gains independence

1923-12-08

German-US friendship treaty signed

1924-03-03

German & Turkish friendship/trade treaty signed

1924-08-08

British-Russian trade agreement signed

1924-08-16

Dutch-Turkish peace treaty signed

1924-08-17

French-German trade agreement signed

1924-10-28

French-Russian trade agreement signed

1924-12-02

British-German trade agreement signed

1924-12-09

Dutch & Hungary trade treaty signed

1925-10-12

German-Russian trade agreement signed

1925-10-16

Peace accord of Locarno signed (Rhine Pact)

1925-12-01

Treaty of Locarno signed

1926-08-05

French & German trade agreement signed

1926-08-10

Italian-Spanish peace treaty signed

1926-08-17

Greek-Serbian/Croatian/Slavs peace treaty signed

1926-09-16

Italian-Romanian peace treaty signed

1926-09-25

International slavery convention signed by 20 states

1926-09-28

Russia & Latvia treaty of neutrality signed

1927-02-08

Belgian-Swiss treaty signed

1930-12-22

Convention of Economic Rapprochement/Oslo Agreesments signed between some European countries in response to the Great Depression

1933-05-18

Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams

1933-05-27

Federal Securities Act signed

1934-01-26

German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.

1938-06-18

Babe Ruth is signed as a Dodgers coach for the rest of the season

1938-09-30

Treaty of Munich signed by Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Daladier and Chamberlain, forces Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany

1940-03-13

Finland-Russian cease fire signed, the Winter War ends. Finland gives up Karelische

1940-06-22

France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms

1940-08-08

The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.

1941-04-13

Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.

1942-05-26

Anglo-Soviet Treaty signed in London

1944-07-23

Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin

1944-09-19

Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union is signed. (End of the Continuation War).

1945-02-11

Yalta agreement signed by FDR, Churchill & Stalin

1945-04-29

Terms of surrender of German armies in Italy signed

1945-05-07

WWII: unconditional German surrender to the Allies signed by General Alfred Jodl at Rheims

1945-06-26

UN Charter signed by 50 nations in SF

1946-04-13

Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champ Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from field in Birmingham Alabama

1947-02-10

WW II peace treaties signed

1948-01-26

Executive Order 9981, end segregation in US Armed Forces signed

1948-04-30

Org of American States charter signed at Bogota, Colombia

1949-04-03

North Atlantic Treaty signed by US, Britain, France & Canada

1949-04-04

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Wash DC)

1950-11-15

Arthur Dorrington, 1st black man in organized hockey is signed (Atl City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League)

1951-06-01

International Cheese treaty signed

1951-10-01

1st treaty signed by woman ambassador-Eugenie Anderson (US ambassador to Denmark)

1951-11-27

Cease-fire & demarcation zone accord signed in Panmunjon, Korea

1954-07-20

Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North & South

1954-09-03

Espionage & Sabotage Act of 1954 signed in the US, prompted by the cold war

1955-02-18

Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey & Iraq a defense alliance

1955-02-24

Pact of Baghdad between Iraq & Turkey signed

1955-05-14

Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland & Romania

1955-06-26

Freedom Charter signed in South Africa

1955-07-15

Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.

1956-05-09

War Reparations and Peace Settlement between Philippines and Japan was finally signed at Malacañang Palace under Magsaysay administration.

1956-06-29

US Federal interstate highway system act signed

1958-07-07

Pres Eisenhower signed a bill approving Alaskan statehood

1958-09-02

National Defense Education Act was signed

1958-12-02

Benelux treaty signed by Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg

1961-01-15

Supremes signed with Motown Records

1961-03-30

The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at New York.

1962-07-23

The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.

1963-01-22

The Elysée treaty of cooperation between France and Germany was signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.

1963-11-27

The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg.

1964-09-03

Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson

1966-09-09

The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.

1967-01-27

Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed

1968-05-29

US Truth in Lending Act signed into law

1968-08-11

Satchel Paige, 62, & needing 158 days on a major league payroll to qualify for a pension, is signed by Braves

1969-03-25

Andes Pact signed in Peru

1969-11-26

Lottery for Selective Service draftees bill signed by President Nixon

1970-06-19

The Patent Cooperation Treaty is signed.

1971-02-14

Tehran agreement signed; oil companies accept 55 percent tax rate, immediate increase in posted prices, and further successive increases

1971-02-21

The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.

1973-01-18

Boston Red Sox sign Orlando Cepeda as 1st player signed as a DH

1973-09-14

Pres Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout

1975-08-01

Helsinki Pact guaranteeing boundaries, rights signed by 35 nations

1975-09-04

The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.

1976-10-21

55th weaapon accord signed

1977-04-28

The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed.

1978-10-26

Independent Counsel Act is signed into law.

1980-08-31

The Gdańsk Agreement is signed.

1984-02-18

Revised concordat between Italy & Vatican signed

1984-08-11

During radio voice test US President Reagan jokes he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes"

1985-09-22

The Plaza Accord was signed in New York City.

1988-08-07

Angola, Cuba and South Africa allegedly signed a cease fire treaty

1988-11-25

Convention on exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources signed

1989-11-21

Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by President Bush

1991-05-03

The Declaration of Windhoek is signed.

1991-12-12

Maastricht Treaty signed to create a European Community

1992-06-28

The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law.

1993-08-20

After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway, the Oslo Peace Accords are signed, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month.

1994-03-29

Serbs & Croats signed a cease-fire to end the war in Croatia

1995-10-27

Contract finalizing Cleveland Browns' move to Balt is signed

1995-12-14

Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by leaders of various governments ending the conflict in former Yugoslavia

1996-06-28

The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.

1996-09-02

A peace agreement is signed between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front in Malacañang Palace.

1996-09-24

U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.

1997-02-12

Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O J Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement

1997-05-16

A final agreement creating the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) is signed by project participants, inc. Russia, Kazakhstan, Chevron Corp and others

1998-02-05

Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record

1998-03-21

Good Friday Agreement signed in Northern Ireland.

1998-04-10

The Good Friday/Belfast Agreement for Northern Ireland is signed by the British and Irish goverments

2000-06-01

The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is signed.

2000-06-23

The Cotonou Agreement, a trade and aid framework, is signed in Cotonou, Benin

2001-11-23

Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.

2002-01-01

The Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially comes into force.

2002-07-30

The accounting law referred to as "The Sarbanes Oxley Act" is signed into law by President George W. Bush.

2003-04-16

The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union.

2003-08-25

The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called Behchoko).

2004-03-08

A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.

2004-04-08

Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.

2004-12-08

The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.

2008-10-03

The $700 billion bailout bill for the US financial system is signed by President George W. Bush

2010-12-22

The repeal of the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning on homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, was signed into law by President Barack Obama.

2012-03-02

New fiscal compact to prevent excessive debt is signed by 25 out of 27 European Union members

1707-03-07

Stephen Hopkins, (Gov-RI) signed Decl of Ind

1712-11-25

Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist and developer of 'Signed French' (d. 1789)

1716-01-15

Philip Livingston, American businessman and politician (signed Declaration of Independence)

1723-02-05

John Witherspoon, Gifford Scotland, president of the College of New Jersey (signed Declaration of Independence)

1724-04-12

Lyman Hall, US physician (signed Declaration of Independence)

1726-02-15

Abraham Clark, Elizabethtown, New Jersey, American politician, signed Declaration of Independence

1726-04-08

Lewis Morris, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence)

1726-11-20

Oliver Wolcott, (Ct-Gov)/signed Decl of Independence [NS=Dec 1]

1730-05-10

George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)

1731-04-08

William Williams, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence)

1732-01-20

Richard H Lee, US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence)

1734-01-31

Robert Morris, merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)

1734-03-19

Thomas McKean, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence) [or Apr 19]

1737-09-19

Charles Carroll, signed Decl of Ind

1739-03-16

George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)

1741-04-17

Samuel Chase, judge (signed Decl of Ind)

1741-05-17

John Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6]

1742-06-17

William Hooper, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence)

1746-07-28

Thomas Heyward, soldier, signed Decl of Ind

1959-01-10

Ernest Brown, What Do You Want... A Signed Confession?

1986-01-28

Torey Widener, Signed, Souled, and Delivered

855-09-29

Lotharius I, Romanian-French emperor (signed Treaty of Verdun), dies

1778-06-12

Philip Livingston, American merchant (signed Declaration of Independance), dies at 62

1779-05-11

John Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68

1781-02-28

Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50

1787-01-01

Arthur Middleton, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 44

1788-09-14

John Penn, US attorney, signed (Decl of Independence), dies at 47

1794-06-19

Richard H Lee, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 62

1795-05-19

Josiah Bartlett, US physician/judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 65

1796-01-05

Samuel Huntington, US judge (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 64

1798-01-22

Lewis Morris, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 71

1800-01-23

Edward Rutledge, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at 50

1804-02-02

Caesar Rodney, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 62

1806-06-08

George Wythe, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at about 79

1811-06-19

Samuel Chase, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 70

1813-01-23

George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 73

1813-04-19

Benjamin Rush, physician/abolotionist (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 67

1814-05-12

Robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83

1817-06-24

Thomas McKean, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at 83

1820-02-15

William Ellery, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 92

1832-11-14

Charles Carroll, large landowner/signed Decl of Ind, dies at 95