2015 Event Over 6 million people attend a Mass in Manila, Philippines given by Pope Francis, who encouraged followers to protect the young and promote peace 2014 Event The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi for their work in advocating children's rights; 17-year-old Yousafzai, who was shot by Taliban in retaliation for her activism, is the youngest recipient in history 2014 Event The U.N. will remove peacekeepers from the Syrian side of Golan Heights after the recent capture and release of 45 U.N. troops from Fiji by Syrian rebel forces; the U.N. has worked in the area for 40 years to keep peace between Syria and Israel 2014 Event Russian President Vladimir Putin says that he and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko have agreed to a peace plan that would retain rebel control of parts of eastern Ukraine; the two presidents hope to continue negotiations on Friday 2014 Event Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet during a conference in Minsk to discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine; Putin agreed to support peace, while Poroshenko promised to develop cease-fire plans 2014 Event Hamas rejects a peace deal brokered by Egypt and agreed to by Israel; Israel warned that the rejection could result in military action to stop rocket attacks from Palestinian militants 2014 Event Ukrainian rebels honor the government's week-long cease-fire; peace talks were also initiated between the separatists, the ambassador to Russia and an ex-president of the Ukraine standing in for the current administration 2014 Event Incumbent Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is re-elected; the leader plans to continue peace talks with rebels in an effort to bring ongoing violence in the country to an end 2014 Event The U.S. government will recognize and provide finances to the new Palestinian government, formed by a coalition of Islamist groups Fatah and Hamas; the U.S. considers Hamas a terrorist group, but officials plan to monitor the new government's actions to ensure neutrality and commitment to achieving peace with Israel 2014 Event The U.S. will accept and provide finances to the new Palestinian government, formed jointly by Fatah and Hamas; the U.S. labels Hamas a terrorist group but will monitor the new government's actions to ensure commitment to achieving peace with Israel 2014 Event Pope Francis invites Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to pray with him for peace; both leaders accept the invitation 2014 Event Pope Francis gives Easter Mass in St. Peter's square; his message included prayer for peace in Syria and Ukraine, a halt to Boko Haram attacks against Nigerian Christians, and for all to care for the hungry and the needy 2013 Event Pope Francis gives his Urbi et Orbi speech (to the City of Rome and to the World), a papal address and Apostolic Blessing dating back to Ancient Rome; the Pope calls for peace in Syria and South Sudan 2013 Event Amidst criticism for its lack of help in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, China's 'Peace Ark', a 14,000-ton navy hospital ship, is sent to the Philippines to help its relief efforts'; the country also sent an emergency medical team and a disaster relief team from the Chinese Red Cross 2013 Event Israel and Palestinian officials agree to resume negotiations for a peace agreement 2013 Event Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu phoned Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestine, hoping the two sides could re-enter peace talks which have been on a three-year hiatus 2012 Event In Oslo, Norway, leaders of the European Union accept the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize 2012 Event The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the European Union for 'over six decades (having) contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe' 2012 Event The United Communist Party of Nepal is removed from the U.S. terror list citing they have made a 'credible commitment to pursuing peace and reconciliation.' 2011 Event Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Wangari Maathai of Kenya, dies while undergoing treatments for cancer 2011 Event U.S. conductor Daniel Barenboim holds a 'Peace Concert' in the Gaza Strip; he is a supporter of Palestinian rights 2010 Event China creates a new 'Confucius peace prize' to honor its former Taiwanese Vice President, Lien Chan, who refused to collect it 2010 Event Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus claims innocence while being investigated for diverting millions of dollars of aid money from Grameen Bank 2010 Event Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, Mahmoud Abbas communicates that Palestinians desire a 'comprehensive and just' peace agreement; he requests Israel cease its policy of building settlements in the West Bank 2009 Event U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urges Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to resume as soon as possible 2009 Death Norman Borlaug, humanitarian, agronomist, discoveries saved one billion lives worldwide, winner, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize, recognizing contributions to world peace for methods to increase food supply, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, dies 2009 Event A crowd of 50,000 people participate in a memorial service at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park 2009 Event Peace talks witht he Tuareg rebel groups in north Niger are held by the President of Niger, Tandja Mamadou 2005 Event Mohamed ElBaradei received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the IAEA 2003 Death Joan Kroc, philanthropist/former baseball team owner, started Peace Institutes at several universities, dies at 75 1998 Event Negotiators from various factions sign the Good Friday Agreement, a plan for peace in Northern Ireland. 1998 Event U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan lands in Baghdad, for peace negotiations 1997 Event Russia and Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict 1996 Death Peg Ridge, peace campaigner, dies at 72 1996 Death Elman Ali Ahmed, peace campaigner, dies at 42 1995 Event Israel buries Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated by a fellow Jew who opposed peace with Palestinians 1995 Event Joseph Rotblat awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1995 Death Olive Gibbs, peace campaigner, dies at 77 1995 Death Marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner, dies at 90 1995 Death Joyce McCartan, peace campaigner, dies at 68 1994 Event Jordan and Israel sign peace accord 1994 Death Cobina W. "Coby" Molenaar, peace activist, dies at 88 1994 Event U.S. asks Aristide to adopt a peace plan from Haiti 1994 Event Worldwide Day for peace in Bosnia-Hercegovina 1993 Event Nelson Mandela and South Africa President F W de Klerk awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1993 Event Israeli Minister of Foreign affairs Peres and PLO-Abu Mazen sign peace accord 1993 Event Day of Peace in South Africa 1993 Event Rwandian Hutu's and Tutsi's sign peace treaty in Arusha 1993 Event U.S. officially backs peace plan in Bosnia 1991 Event Mid East peace conference ends in Madrid Spain 1991 Event Palestinians attend U.S. mideast peace talks in Madrid 1991 Event Mid East peace conference begins in Madrid Spain 1991 Event Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi wins Nobel Peace Prize 1991 Event Mikhail Gorbachev receives his 1990 Nobel Peace Prize 1991 Death J de Graaf, ethicus/president church and peace, dies 1991 Event Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian President Hosi Mubarak 1990 Event Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev wins Nobel Peace Prize 1990 Event Perez de Cuellar says he has lost all hope for peace in Gulf 1989 Death Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52 1988 Event U.N. peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace prize 1987 Event Costa Rican President Oscar Arias wins Nobel Peace Prize 1987 Event Oscar Arias (Costa Rican president) wins Nobel Peace Prize 1987 Event 5 Central American presidents sign peace accord in Guatemala 1986 Event Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize 1986 Event Concentration camp survivor Elie Wiesel wins Nobel Peace Prize 1986 Event RUN DMC calls for a day of peace among LA street gangs 1986 Death Corita Kent, artist, educator, mediums include silkscreen, serigraphy, producing fine art with messages of love and peace, famous work includes the 1985 Love Samp and Rainbow Swash, dies of cancer 1986 Event Netherlands and Scilly Islands sign peace treaty (war of 1651) 1986 Death Alva Myrdal, Swedish Nobel peace prize winner (1982), dies at 84 1986 Event International Peace Year begins 1985 Event Warring Lebanese Moslem and Christian leaders sign peace agreement 1985 Event Gandhi signs peace contract with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai 1984 Event South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize 1984 Event Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins Nobel Peace Prize 1984 Event U.S. ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force 1983 Event Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize 1983 Event Paul McCartney releases "Pipes of Peace" album 1983 Event Lech Walesa wins Nobel Peace Prize 1983 Event Israel and Lebanon sign a peace treaty 1983 Event Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel 1982 Death King Vidor, director (War and Peace), dies at 88 of a heart ailment 1982 Event Israeli General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peace 1980 Event Honduras and El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969) 1980 Event U.S.S.R. and Syria sign peace treaty 1979 Event Mother Teresa of India, awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1979 Event Government of Mauretania signs peace treaty with Polisario 1979 Event Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect 1979 Event Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington D.C. 1979 Event Camp David peace treaty between Israel and Egypt 1979 Event Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt 1979 Event Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel 1978 Event In Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize 1978 Event Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks 1978 Event U.S.S.R. and Vietnam sign peace and friendship treaty 1978 Event Begin and Sadat win Nobel Peace prize 1978 Event Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat named winners of 1978 Nobel Peace Prize 1978 Event Israeli Government approves "in principle," a draft compromise peace 1978 Event Begin and Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace 1978 Event Sadat, Begin and Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md 1978 Event China and Japan sign peace treaty 1977 Event Egypt and Israel reps gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference 1977 Birthday Ludacris, born in Atlanta, Georgia, rapper, actor, co-founder, 'Disturbing the Peace' sold 14 million albums worldwide 1976 Death Victor Stanitsin, actor (War and Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79 1976 Event 10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast 1975 Event Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize 1975 Event Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize 1973 Event Kissinger and Le Duc Tho jointly awarded Nobel peace prize 1973 Event Secret peace talks between U.S. and North Vietnam resumed near Paris 1972 Event Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam and announces peace talks 1972 Event Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany 1972 Death Mark A Van Doren, U.S. literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78 1972 Event Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam 1972 Event India and Pakistan sign peace accord 1971 Event West German union chancellor W Burns receives Nobel prize of peace 1971 Event West German Chancellor Willy Brandt is awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1970 Event Nobel prize of peace awarded to Norman E Borlaugh 1970 Event American Norman Borlaug awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1969 Event Aretha Franklin arrested for disturbing peace in Detroit 1969 Event "Give Peace a Chance" by Plastic Ono Band is released in U.K. 1969 Event John Lennon and Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a Chance" 1969 Event John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam) 1969 Event John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton) 1969 Event US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris 1969 Event Expanded 4 party Vietnam peace talks began in Paris 1968 Event Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the U.S. and North Vietnam 1968 Event North Vietnam agrees to meet U.S. reps to set up preliminary peace talks 1967 Event Jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace 1967 Birthday Amy Carter, President Carter's daughter/peace activist 1967 Event U.N. Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam 1966 Event Period of relative peace following WW II exceeds that following WW I 1966 Birthday Michael Franti, born in San Francisco, California, poet, musician, head of Michael Franti & Spearhead band, supports peace and social justice issues 1966 Event India and Pakistan sign peace accord 1964 Event Martin Luther King, Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize 1963 Event 17 African states and Madagascar sign peace treaty with EC 1963 Event John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty 1961 Event Amnesty International founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977) 1961 Event President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp 1961 Event John F. Kennedy asks for an Alliance for Progress and Peace Corp 1960 Event Peace Corps 1st suggested by John F. Kennedy 1959 Event Pope John XXIII 1st encyclical "On truth, unity, and peace, in charity" 1958 Event 1st radio broadcast from space (President Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men Everywhere") 1958 Event De Gaulle offers Algerians defiance "peace of the brave" 1957 Event Canadian Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pearson wins Nobel Peace Prize 1957 Birthday Amy Goodman, born in Bay Shore, New York, journalist, author, host of 'Democracy Now!' public radio news program, focusing on peace, human rights movements 1955 Event U.S.S.R. signs peace treaty with France and Great Britain 1954 Event Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize 1954 Event Formal peace takes place, ending 7+ years of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh 1953 Event Dr. Albert Schweitzer and General George C Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize 1953 Event U.S. and Greece signs peace treaty (U.S. bases) 1952 Event U.S.S.R. declares peace treaty with Japan invalid 1952 Event WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect 1952 Event Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan 1952 Event U.S. senate ratifies peace treaty with Japan 1951 Event Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjom 1951 Event Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF) 1951 Event President Truman addresses opening of Japanese Peace Treaty Conference 1951 Event 600,000 march for peace and freedom in Germany 1950 Event Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize 1950 Event Dr. Ralph Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize 1950 Event Nobel peace prize awarded to Ralph J Bunche (1st black winner) 1950 Event U.S.S.R. and China sign peace treaty 1949 Birthday Petra Kelly, German peace activist/MP, Green 1947 Birthday Cat Stevens, Yusaf Islam, rock vocalist, Peace Train, Father and Son 1947 Event WW II peace treaties signed 1947 Event Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali 1945 Event Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Cordell Hull (establishing UN) 1945 Event Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay" 1945 Birthday Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, North Irish peace activist, Nobel 1976 1944 Event Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize 1944 Event Von Rundstedt against Keitel: "Signs peace, idiots!" 1942 Event 28 nations, at war with Axis, pledge no separate peace 1941 Event Turkey signs peace treaty with nazi-Germany 1940 Event Dutch prime minister De Geer meets Hitler seeking peace talks 1940 Birthday David Ackroyd, Orange, New Jersey, actor, I Come in Peace, Memories of Me 1939 Event Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I 1938 Birthday Kofi Annan, born in Ghana, Kofi Atta Annan, diplomat, statesman, Secretary-General of the United Nations 1997 - 2007, received 2001 Nobel Peace Prize 1937 Event New York City college students stage 4th annual peace strike 1936 Event Pacifist/anti fascist writer Carl Von Ossietzky sent to concentration camp, award Nobel Peace Prize 1934 Event 66th Belmont: Wayne D Wright aboard Peace Chance wins in 2:29.2 1932 Birthday Edna O'Brien, born in Ireland, writer, Fanatic of Heart, Casualties of Peace 1932 Birthday Milly Vitale, born in Rome, actress, 7 Little Foys, War and Peace, Juggler 1932 Event Great Britain and France sign peace treaty 1932 Event Japan and China sign a peace treaty 1931 Event Jane Addams (1st U.S. woman) named co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize 1931 Birthday Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Buenos Argentina, 1980 Nobel Peace Prize 1931 Birthday Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize 1982 1931 Event Egypt and Iraq sign peace treaty 1931 Event Iraq and Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty 1931 Event Hungary-Austria sign peace treaty 1930 Birthday Ken Coates, born in Britain, politician, Labor Party, Member, European Parliament 1989 - 1999, chair, Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation 1930 Death Alois Walgrave, Flemish writer/pastor (Peace on Earth), dies at 54 1928 Event Mussolini signs peace treaty with Abyssinia, Ethiopia 1927 Event Peace Bridge between U.S. and Canada dedicated 1927 Event Peace Bridge between U.S. and Canada opens 1927 Birthday Martin Walser, born in Wasserburg am Bodensee, Germany, writer, 1998 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade winner, known for 'Runaway Horse', famous for describing conflicts his anti-heroes have in stories and novels 1926 Event Italian and Albania sign peace treaty 1926 Birthday Joyce McCartan, peace campaigner 1926 Event 80,000 demonstrate for democratic peace in Hague 1926 Event Italian-Romanian peace treaty signed 1926 Event Greek-Serbian/Croatian/Slavs peace treaty signed 1926 Event Italian-Spanish peace treaty signed 1926 Event Germany and Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty 1926 Birthday John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, born in England, 11th Duke of Marlborough, justice of the peace, cousin of Sir Winston Churchill 1925 Event U.S. and Italy sign peace accord about war debts 1925 Event Peace accord of Locarno signed (Rhine Pact) 1924 Event Dutch-Turkish peace treaty signed 1924 Birthday Peg Ridge, peace campaigner 1923 Event Allied Powers and Turkey sign peace treaty, Lausanne 1923 Birthday Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State, 1973 - 1977, Nobel Peace Prize, 1973 1922 Event Pope Pius XI pleas for peace: encyclical Ubi arcano 1922 Event IVVV (association) peace congress on war forms in Hague 1922 Birthday Vittorio Gassman, born in Genoa, Italy, actor, War and Peace 1921 Event U.S. signs peace treaty with Germany 1921 Event Treaty of Berlin: U.S. and Germany sign separate peace treaty 1921 Event 2nd Peace of Riga, Poland enlarged 1921 Event Turkey makes peace with Armenia 1920 Event Turkey and Armenia agree to peace treaty 1920 Event Nobel Peace Prize awarded to U.S. president Woodrow Wilson 1920 Birthday Sergey Bondarchuk, Belozerka Ukraine, director, War and Peace 1920 Event 1st peace of Riga-Soviet Union recognizes Independence of Latvia 1920 Event Bulgarian and allied Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine goes into effect 1920 Event Peace of Riga-Independence of Latvia 1920 Event Lithuania and U.S.S.R. sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent rep 1920 Death Essad Pasja, Albanian military man/minister, murdered at peace confer 1920 Event Peace of Trianon between Allies and Hungary 1920 Event German-Latvian peace treaty signed 1920 Event Peace treaty gives Estonia independence 1920 Event Estonia declares its Independence from Russia (Dorpat Peace) 1920 Event Tarto/Dorpat peace treaty: U.S.S.R. recognizes Estonian independence 1919 Event Nobel peace prize awarded to U.S. president Wilson 1919 Event Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine: Allies and Bulgaria 1919 Event President Wilson returns to New York City from Versailles Peace Conference 1919 Event Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German SW Africa to South Africa 1919 Event WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France 1918 Event President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside U.S. while in office 1918 Birthday Corita Kent, born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, artist, educator, mediums include silkscreen, serigraphy, producing fine art with messages of love and peace, famous work includes the 1985 Love Samp and Rainbow Swash 1918 Birthday Olive Gibbs, peace campaigner 1918 Event President Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after WW I 1918 Event British premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace 1915 Event Organized baseball and Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati 1915 Birthday Sargent Shriver, Maryland, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, 1972, directed Peace Corp 1915 Event Germany suppresses its "Vorwarts" newspaper after it called for peace 1915 Event League to Enforce Peace forms in Philadelphia 1914 Event Pope Benedict XV calls for peace 1914 Birthday Michael Goodliffe, Cheshire England, actor, 5th Day of Peace 1914 Birthday Norman Borlaug, born in Cresco, Iowa, humanitarian, agronomist, discoveries saved one billion lives worldwide, winner, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize, recognizing contributions to world peace for methods to increase food supply, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom 1914 Event Serbia and Turkey sign peace treaty 1913 Event Turkey and Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople 1913 Event Queen Wilhelmina opens Peace Palace (The Hague) 1912 Birthday Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer, True Face of Peace 1911 Event Tobias Asser given Nobel prize for peace 1911 Birthday Le Duc Tho, North Vietnamese representive at Paris peace talk 1911 Birthday J de Graaf, Dutch ethicist/president, Church and Peace 1910 Death Leo Tolstoi, Russian earl/writer (War and Peace), dies at 82 1908 Birthday John Mills, England, actor, Big Sleep, King Rat, War and Peace 1907 Event 44 nations meet in 2nd Hague Peace Conference 1906 Event President Theodore Roosevelt (1st American) awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1906 Birthday Hans Bethe, physicist, Nobel 1967, peace worker 1906 Birthday Cobina W. "Coby" Molenaar, Dutch peace activist 1905 Birthday Marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner 1904 Event Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace 1904 Death Vasili Vereshtshagin, Russian painter (War and Peace), dies 1903 Event Baseball's National and American Leagues make peace 1902 Event Boers and British army sign peace treaty 1902 Event Great Britain and Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria 1902 Birthday Alva Myrdal, Uppsala Sweden, diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize-1982 1901 Event 1st Nobel Peace Prizes (to Jean Henri Dunant, Frederic Passy) 1901 Event Peace of Peking - Ends Boxer Rebellion in China 1901 Birthday Linus Pauling, chemist/peace worker, Nobel 1954, 1962 1900 Event AL President Ban Johnson writes to NL President Nick Young seeking peace 1899 Event World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference 1899 Event U.S.-Spain peace treaty signed by President McKinley. U.S. gets Puerto Rico and Guam 1899 Event Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate 1898 Event Peace protocol ends Spanish-American War, signed 1898 Birthday Leo Szilard, Hungary, physicist/A-bomb worker/peace activist 1896 Event Abyssinia and Italy sign peace treaty 1895 Birthday King Vidor, director, War and Peace, Stella Dallas 1887 Birthday Rene Cassin, pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize 1968 1885 Birthday Henricus Wijdefield, Dutch architect, Peace Palace 1883 Birthday Bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist, Acting Peace 1881 Event Boers and Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war 1879 Birthday Joseph Wirth, German politician, Stalin Peace Prize 1878 Birthday Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentina, jurist, Nobel Peace Prize 1936 1878 Event Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano) 1878 Event Peace of Zanjon 1871 Event German-French peace treaty signed: France cedes Elzas 1871 Event Peace of Frankfurt-am-Main concluded between France and Germany 1866 Event Bathe and Prussia signs peace treaty 1865 Event Hampton Roads Peace Conference, Lincoln and Stephens reach an impasse 1865 Event President Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners 1862 Death Isaac Peace Rodman, banker/Union Brigadier-General, dies of injury at about 40 1860 Birthday Karl Branting, Sweden, statesman/diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize 1921 1858 Birthday Theodore Roosevelt, born in New York City, R, 26th President, 1901 - 1909, Nobel Peace Prize 1906 1856 Event Peace between England and Russia 1856 Event Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War 1845 Birthday Elihu Root, R, U.S. Secretary of State, 1905 - 1909, Nobel Peace Prize, 1912 1843 Birthday Vasili V Vereshchagin, Russian painter, War and Peace 1841 Birthday Ferdinand-Edouard Buisson, France, educator, Nobel Peace Prize 1927 1833 Birthday Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Stockholm, created dynamite and Peace Prizes 1833 Birthday Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italy, journalist, Nobel Peace Prize 1907 1831 Event Netherlands and Belgium sign peace treaty 1831 Birthday Julius Rodenberg, Levy, German writer, Kriegs-Songs of War and Peace 1829 Event Russia and Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople 1829 Event Peace of Adrianopel: ends Russian-Turkish war 1828 Birthday Leo Tolstoy, Russia, novelist, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, 1828 Birthday Leo Tolstoi, Russian writer, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, 1828 Event Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talk 1828 Event Russia and Persia sign Peace of Turkmantsjai 1826 Event Siam/England sign trade/peace treaty 1815 Event 2nd Peace of Paris: France and allies 1814 Event Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium 1807 Event Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain and France 1807 Event France, Russia and Prussia sign Peace of Tilsit 1805 Event France and Austria signs Peace of Pressburg 1805 Event Tripoli forced to conclude peace with U.S. after war over tribute 1803 Event Peace of Amiens ends 1802 Event France, Netherlands, Spain and England signs Peace of Amiens 1801 Event Peace of Badajoz: Spain-Portugal 1801 Event France and Austrian sign Peace of Luneville 1799 Event George Washington is eulogized by Col Henry Lee as "1st in war, 1st in peace and 1st in hearts of his countrymen" 1797 Event Peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions and France 1796 Event France and Sardinia sign Peace treaty of Paris 1795 Event U.S. - Algiers sign peace treaty 1795 Event Spain and France sign peace treaty 1792 Event Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Jassy 1791 Event Austria and Turkey sign Peace of Sistova 1790 Event Sweden and Russia sign Peace of Verela 1788 Event England, Netherlands and Prussia sign peace treaty 1784 Event England and Netherlands signs peace treaty (Peace of Paris) 1784 Event England and Tippu Sahib van Mysore sign peace treaty 1783 Event Congress ratifies peace treaty between U.S. and England 1779 Event John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain 1774 Event Peace of Kutsjuk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War) 1773 Event Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace" 1763 Event Austria, Prussia and Saxony sign Peace of Hubertusburg 1762 Event Sweden and Prussia sign peace treaty 1762 Event Russia and Prussia sign peace treaty 1762 Event Russia and Prussia signs peace treaty 1745 Event Austria and Bavaria sign peace 1744 Event France and Prussia sign peace treaty 1743 Event Sweden and Russia sign peace treaty 1742 Event Prussia and Austria sign peace treaty 1739 Event Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade 1739 Event Turkey and Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks 1739 Event Spain and Naples-Austria sign peace accord 1738 Event France and Austria sign peace 1735 Event France and Emperor Karel VI sign peace accord 1721 Event Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War 1720 Event Sweden and Denmark sign peace treaty 1720 Event Sweden and Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) 1720 Event Sweden and Prussia sign peace treaty 1719 Event Sweden and Hannover sign peace Treaty of Stockholm 1718 Event Emperor Karel VI, Turkey and Venice sign peace treaty 1714 Event Spain and Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement 1714 Event Peace of Rastatt - French emperor Charles VI of Habsburg 1713 Event Russia and Turkey sign peace treaty 1713 Event Dutch State-General signs peace with France: Netherlands loses Orange Princedom 1713 Event Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty 1711 Event Arch duke Karel of Austria/Hungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar 1702 Death Hoessein Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (peace of Karlowitz), dies 1700 Event Denmark and Sweden sign peace treaty 1700 Event Russian-Turkish peace 1699 Event Venice, Poland and Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey 1697 Event Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Netherlands/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending 9 year War 1697 Event Peace of Saki (ends 9 years war) 1696 Event French king Louis XIV and Victor Amadeua van Savoye signs peace 1679 Event German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France 1678 Event France and Brandenburg signs peace treaty 1678 Event France and Spain signs peace treaty 1678 Event Netherlands and France signs peace treaty in Nijmegen 1676 Event Poland and Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw 1674 Event Netherlands and Cologne sign peace treaty 1674 Event Netherlands and Munster sign peace treaty 1674 Event Netherlands and England sign Peace of Westminster (New York City becomes English) 1673 Event Peace of Vossem: French King Louis XIV and Frederik Willem of Brandenburg 1673 Event France and Brandenburg sign peace treaty 1672 Event Poland and Turkey sign Peace of Buczacz 1668 Event 1st peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands 1668 Event Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace" 1667 Event Peace of Breda: 2nd English war-Suriname vs New-Netherlands ends 1667 Event Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia/Poland signs peace treaty 1667 Event Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia and Poland sign peace treaty 1666 Event Peace of Kleef: Netherlands and bishop Von Galen of Munster 1664 Event Austria/Turkey signs Peace of Vasvar 1662 Event Netherlands and England sign peace treaty 1661 Event Treaty of Kardis: Russia and Sweden sign peace treaty 1660 Event Denmark and Sweden signs peace treaty 1660 Event Sweden, Poland, Brandenburg and Austria sign Peace of Oliva 1659 Event Peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV and Spanish king Philip IV 1658 Event Peace of Roskilde between Sweden and Denmark 1656 Death Johan Georg I, ruler of Saxon (1611-56, Peace of Prague), dies at 71 1656 Event England and France sign peace treaty 1654 Event England and Netherlands signs peace treaty 1648 Event Pope Innocent X condemns Peace of Westfalen 1648 Event Spain and Netherlands sign Peace of Munster, ending Tachtigjarige War 1645 Event Dutch and Indians sign peace treaty (New Amsterdam (NY)) 1645 Event Sweden and Denmark sign Peace of Bromsebro 1644 Event 1st European peace congress opens in Munster 1644 Event Pope Urbanus VIII and duke of Parma signs Peace of Ferrara 1640 Event English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland 1635 Event Emperor Ferdinand II and Saksen sign Peace of Prague 1634 Event Russia and Poland sign Peace treaty of Polianov 1631 Event Peace of Cherasco: Charles de Gonzaga-Nevers becomes duke of Mantua 1630 Event Spain and England sign peace treaty 1630 Death Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies 1629 Event Sweden and Poland signs Peace of Altmark 1629 Event Peace of Ales: Rights of French huguenots limited 1629 Event Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign Peace of Lubeck 1629 Event England and France sign Peace of Susa 1626 Event Emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch Gabor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg 1626 Event Huguenot rebels and French sign Peace of La Rochelle 1622 Event Germany and Transylvania sign Peace of Nikolsburg 1621 Event Turkey and Poland signs Peace of Chotin 1620 Event Prince Bethlen Gabor signs peace with emperor Ferdinand II 1618 Event Russia and Poland signs Peace treaty of Dailino 1617 Event Peace of Pavia (Spain and Savoye) 1617 Event Sweden and Russia sign Peace of Stolbowa 1613 Event Peace of Knarod ends War of Kalmar between Denmark and Sweden 1598 Event France and Spain signs Peace of Vervins 1585 Birthday Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon, 1611-56, Peace of Prague 1580 Event French Huguenots and Roman Catholics sign peace treaty 1579 Event Artois/Henegouwen/French-Flanders sign Treaty/Peace of Parma recognizing Spanish duke van Parma as land guardian 1577 Event Peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots 1576 Event Peace of Beaulieu and Paix de Monsieur 1573 Event Pacificatie of Boulogne: new peace treaty with huguenots 1573 Event Turkey and Venice signs peace treaty 1570 Event Sweden/Denmark signs Peace of Stettin 1570 Event Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots 1568 Event Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace 1564 Event England and France sign Peace of Troyes 1563 Event Peace of Amboise: Rights for Huguenots 1550 Event France and England sign Peace of Boulogne 1546 Event England signs Peace of Andres with Scotland/Ireland 1544 Event Charles V of Germany and Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy 1544 Event Peace of Crepy: German emperor Charles V and French king Francois I 1544 Event Charles and Francois I sign Peace of Crepy 1543 Event England and Scotland sign Peace treaty of Greenwich 1540 Event Venice/Turkey signs peace 1538 Event Peace talks between Karel and King Francois I 1538 Event King Ferdinand of Austria and King Janos Zapolyai of Hungary sign Peace of Grosswardein 1533 Event Ferdinand of Austria and Sultan Suleiman sign peace treaty 1532 Event Karel I and evangelical monarchy signs Peace of Neurenberg 1529 Event "Ladies' Peace" (treaty of Cambrai)-emperor Charles V and King French I 1529 Event Zurich and catholic kantons sign Peace of Kappel 1516 Event Treaty of Freiburg French/Swiss "eternal" peace treaty 1493 Event King Charles VIII and Maximilian I of Austria signs Peace of Senlis 1492 Event Peace of Etaples (Henry VII and Charles VIII) 1490 Death Adriaan Vilain II of Rassegem, peace of Tours, murdered at about 39 1489 Event Peace of Tours, between emperor Maximilian I and Flemings 1482 Event Peace of Atrecht 1466 Event 2nd Peace of Thorn 1465 Event Peace of St. Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik 1465 Event French King Louis XI signs peace with Charles the Stout 1454 Event Milan/Venice signs peace of Lodi 1436 Event German emperor Sigismund signs peace with Hussieten 1414 Event Peace of Atrecht: John the fearless and Armagnacs 1387 Event Amsterdam buccaneer Herman of Kuinre sign peace 1385 Event Peace of Doornik: Gent and Louis van Thoughts 1370 Event Hanzesteden signs peace treaty with Danish king Waldemar IV 1357 Event Peace of Aat 1357 Event Flemish earl Louis and Luxembourg Duke Wenceslaus sign peace treaty 1354 Event Margaretha van Bavarian's son earl Willem V signs peace treaty 1316 Event Peace of Fexhe: prince-bishop Adolf II of Mark and Luikse towns 1313 Event Peace of Angleur 1305 Event French-Flemish peace treaty signed at Athis-sur-Orge 1229 Event Queen Blanche of Castilie and earl Raymond VII van Toulouse sign peace 1217 Event French prince Louis and English king Henry III sign peace treaty 1200 Event Peace of Goulet 1183 Event Peace of Konstanz 1177 Event Peace Treaty of Venice: Emperor Frederik I and Pope Alexander III 860 Event Peace of Koblenz: Charles the Bare, Louis the German and Lotharius II 413 Death Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57
