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A treaty is an express agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law, namely sovereign states and international organizations. A treaty may also be known as an agreement, protocol, covenant, convention or exchange of letters, among other terms...

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1435

9.21.1435

An agreement between Charles VII of France and Philip the Good ends the partnership between the English and Burgundy in Hundred Years' War.

1738

5.25.1738

A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.

1814

8.13.1814

The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London.

1867

4.9.1867

Alaska purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.

1913

3.28.1913

Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1914

4.27.1914

Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1916

11.30.1916

Costa Rica becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1919

12.17.1919

Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1920

4.30.1920

Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1922

2.9.1922

Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

1936

12.23.1936

Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1950

4.19.1950

Argentina becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1955

5.14.1955

Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.

6.14.1955

Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1967

6.10.1967

Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

7.10.1967

Uruguay becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

1972

3.19.1972

India and Bangladesh sign a friendship treaty.

1988

8.20.1988

Peru becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

1990

6.1.1990

George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.

1991

10.9.1991

Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

1997

12.24.1997

The Dominican Republic becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.