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Date

A

Åbo, Treaty of
(Treaty of Abo)

1743

Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of

May 2, 1668

Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of

October 18, 1748
 

Albany Plan

1754

Amendments 11-27: United States Constitution

1794-1992

Amiens, Treaty of

1802

Antalcidas, Peace of
(also called King's Peace)

386 BC

Apamea, Treaty of

188 BC

Arbroath, Declaration of

1320

Arras, Treaty of

1435

Augsburg, League of

1686

August Manifesto - English transcript

1905

Austro-Prussian Alliance against France

February 7, 1792
 

Ayala, Plan of

1911

B

Baden, Treaty of

September 7, 1714
 

Basel, Peace of

1795

Berlin, Treaty of

July 13, 1878

Bill of Rights (British)

1689

Bill of Rights (United States)

Bill of Rights (United States) - Transcript

December 15, 1791
 

Birth Certificate Francisco Madero

October 30, 1873
 

Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of

1918

Bretigny, Treaty of

1360

Bucharest, Treaty of

1886

C

Calais, Treaty of

1360

Campo Formio, Treaty of

October 17, 1797
 

Cardis, Treaty of 
(also spelled Treaty of Kardis)

1661

Carlowitz, Peace of

1699

Cateau-Cambrésis, Peace of

1559

Ciudad Juarez, Treaty of

1911

Civil Rights Act

1964

Communist Manifesto, The

1848

Concordat of 1801

July 15, 1801
 

Congress of Vienna, Final Act

1815

Conservation of Public Lands, The

1909

Constance, Peace of

1183

Constantinople, Treaty of

July 1832
 

Constantinople Agreement

1915

Constitution of the United States

Constitution of the United States - Transcript

1787

Creelman-Diaz Interview

Creelman-Diaz Interview - En Español

Creelman-Diaz Interview - PDF (11 MB)

1908

D

Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence - Transcript

July 4, 1776
 

Declaration of Pillnitz 1791

August 27, 1791

Declaration of Rights, Virginia

June 12, 1776
 

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
( Declaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen)

August 26, 1789
 

Domesday Book

1086

E

El Imparcial Newspaper

June 20, 1911
 

El Pais Newspaper

June 22, 1911
 

Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation Proclamation: Transcript

January 1, 1863
 

Enabling Act
(Ermächtigungsgesetz)

March 23, 1933
 

F

Final Act of the Congress of Vienna

1815

Final Recess of the Reichsdeputation

February 25, 1803
 

Fontainebleau, Treaty of

October 27, 1807

Frederiksborg, Treaty of

1720

G

Gadsden Purchase

1853

Geneva Conventions

1864-1949

Ghent, Treaty of

1814

Grand Alliance

1689

Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of

Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of - Transcript

Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of - Transcript - PDF

Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of - Original Document: First Page

Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of - Original Document: Last Page

1848

Gulistan, Treaty of

1813

H

Habeas Corpus Act

1679

Howard, Catherine:
Catherine Howard's letter to Thomas Culpepper

November 1541
 

Hubertusburg, Treaty of

February 15, 1763
 

I

Independence, Declaration of

1776

Indian Reorganization Act

1934

J

January 1562, Edict of

January 1562

Japanese War Declaration WWII
 

1941

Juarez, Treaty of Ciudad
 

1911

K

Peace of Kallias
(Peace between Athens and Persia, negotiated by Athenian ambassador Kallias. Disputed)

449/8 BC

Kalmar Union

1397

Kansas-Nebraska Act

1854

Kardis, Treaty of
(also spelled Treaty of Cardis)

1661

Kiakhta, Treaty of
(also spelled Treaty of Kyakhta)

1727

King's Peace
(also called Peace of Antalcidas)

386 BC

Kyakhta, Treaty of
(also spelled Treaty of Kiakhta)

1727

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