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2008 President George W. Bush signs the 700 billion dollar TARP program into law

2004 President Bush signs the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act of 2004 which reorganizes intelligence agencies and creates position of national security director

1997 Russia signs agreement to build a $3B nuclear power plant in China

1997 Dick Vitale signs with ESPN through year 2004

1997 ABL MVP Nikki McCray signs with WNBA

1997 Mark McGwire signs with the St. Louis Cardinals for $26M

1997 Mark Messier signs with Vancouver Canucks

1997 Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO

1997 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch

1997 San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract

1996 Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays

1996 Albert Belle, signs record five-year, $55 million with White Sox

1996 Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with New York Rangers

1996 Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million

1995 David Cone signs $19.5 million 3 year contract with New York Yankees

1994 North Korea signs pact to end their nuclear projects

1994 Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat

1993 British premier Major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination

1993 President Clinton signs Brady Gun Control Bill

1992 Madonna signs $60-million deal with Time Warner

1992 Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract - $4.7 mil

1991 Bobby Bonilla signs record $29 million-5 year pact with New York Mets

1991 New Dutch Regulations Traffic rules and Traffic signs enforced

1991 Raghib "Rocket" Ismael signs with Toronto Argonauts for $26.2 million

1991 Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox

1991 Dwight Goodin signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with New York Mets

1991 Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records

1991 Janet Jackson signs $40M 3 album deal with Virgin records

1991 Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract

1990 NL batting champ Willie McGee signs as a free agent with San Francisco Giants

1990 President Bush signs Clear Air Act of 1990

1990 Darryl Strawberry signs 5-year contract with Los Angeles Dodgers

1990 West German President Richard von Weizsaecker signs reunification treaty

1990 President Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act

1990 Jose Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract

1990 Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees

1990 Will Clark, NL's MVP signs a $15M 4-year contract with San Francisco Giants

1990 Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oak A's contract

1990 Blue Jay Cecil Fielder signs with Detroit as a free agent

1989 Mark Davis signs record $3.25 million per year Kansas City Royals contract

1989 Mark Langston signs record $3.2 million per year California Angels contract

1989 Rickey Henderson signs record $3,000,000 per year Oak A's contract

1989 Kirby Pucket signs record $3,000,000 per year Minnesota Twins contract

1989 Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year Kansas City Royal contract

1989 Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs record $7.9M-3 year contract

1989 Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs $7.9M-3 year contract

1989 Roger Clemens, Red Sox pitcher signs $7.5M-3 year contract

1989 Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990

1988 South Africa signs accord granting independence to South West Africa

1988 NBC signs lease to stay in New York City, 33 more years

1988 Reagan signs credit-card disclosure-bill

1988 Detroit's Kirk Gibson signs a 3-year contract with Dodgers

1987 Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999)

1987 President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran

1986 Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill

1986 Federated States of Micronesia signs Compact of Free Association with US

1986 Republic of Marshall Islands signs Compact of Free Association with US

1986 35 countries signs disarmament accord in Stockholm

1986 Morocco king Hassan II signs unity treaty with Libya

1986 Jim Kelly signs with NFL Buffalo Bills ($75 million for 5 years)

1986 Geffen records signs Guns and Roses

1986 Palau signs Compact of Free Association with U.S.

1985 Gandhi signs peace contract with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai

1985 Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, $6 million contract with Minnesota Twins

1984 Padres' free agent pitcher Ed Whitson signs with New York Yankees

1984 UK signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997

1984 Calvin Griffith signs letter of intent to sell ownership of Twins

1983 Warren Cromartie signs 3 year $2.5M contract with Yomiuri Giants

1983 President Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin L. King day

1983 President Reagan signs a $165B bail out for Social Security

1983 President Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue

1982 Gaylord Perry (with 297 wins) signs with Seattle Mariners

1980 Honduras and El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969)

1980 Iraq (Saddam Hussein) signs accord with Algeria

1979 President Carter signs legislation creating Department of Education

1979 Government of Mauretania signs peace treaty with Polisario

1978 Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies

1978 President Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill

1978 President Carter signs bill restoring Jefferson Davis citizenship

1978 European market and China signs trade agreement

1978 President Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909

1976 Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with New York Yankees

1975 President Gerald Ford signs $2.3 B loan-authorization for New York City

1975 Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt

1975 Stevie Wonder signs $13M contract with Motown

1975 38 government leaders signs Helsinki accord

1975 Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market

1975 EG signs accord of Lome with 46 developing countries

1975 Portugal signs accord for Angola's independence

1974 Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter signs $3M 5 year New York Yankees contract

1974 A's Catfish Hunter is ruled a free agent (later signs with Yankees)

1974 Gerald Ford and Leonid Brezhnev signs SALT-2-treaty

1974 Prest Gerald Ford signs Employee Retirement Income Security Act

1974 Chimpanzee Nim Chimsky signs his 1st word, at 2 months

1973 Wilt Chamberlain signs with ABA San Diego Conquistadors

1973 Nate Archibald signs 7 yr contract with NBA Kansas City Kings for $450,000

1973 White Sox Dick Allen signs 3 year contract for record $750,000

1973 Dick Allen signs a record $675,000 3-yr contract with White Sox

1973 White Sox slugger Dick Allen signs 3-year $750,000 contract

1973 President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law

1972 Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany

1972 NHL star Maurice "Rocket" Richard signs with WHL Quebec Nordiques

1972 President Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports

1972 Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia

1972 Nixon and Brezhnev signs SALT accord

1972 Libya and U.S.S.R. signs cooperation treaty

1972 President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle

1970 Tanzania signs contract with China for building Tanzam-railway

1970 President Nixon signs 26th amendment, voting age lowered to 18

1970 President Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements on January 1, 1971

1969 Ralph Houk signs 3-year contract to manage Yankees at $65,000 a season

1969 Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators

1968 President Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act

1968 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from U.S. paper money

1967 Beatles' Apple Music signs its 1st group-Grapefruit

1967 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs a bill establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting

1967 Boston signs 1st free-agent outfielder Ken Harrelson for $75,000 bonus

1966 President Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to AFL-NFL merger

1966 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs a bill creating Department of Transportation (DOT)

1966 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs Freedom of Information Act

1966 Soviet government signs accord about building Fiat factory in U.S.S.R.

1966 Tom Seaver, signs with the Mets for a reported $50,000 bonus

1966 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year

1965 Pope Paul VI signs 2nd Vatican council

1965 Gregory Scott [Koenig], Dearborn, Michigan, guitarist, Signs of Life

1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing voting rights for blacks

1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs Medicare bill, which goes into effect in 1966

1965 President Johnson signs a bill requiring cigarette makers to print health warnings on all cigarette packages about the effects of smoking

1964 Pope Paul VI signs 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council

1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs anti-poverty measure totaling nearly $1 billion

1964 President Johnson signs Economic Opportunity Act

1964 President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law

1964 Charlie Finley signs a 4 year lease to keep A's in Kansas City

1963 Capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles

1963 Morocco and Algeria signs cease fire

1963 John F. Kennedy signs ratification for nuclear test ban treaty

1963 John F. Kennedy signs law for equal pay for equal work for men and women

1963 Decca signs Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison

1963 Willie Mays for the San Francisco Giants signs a record $100,000 per year contract

1962 Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission

1962 Laura San Giacoma, Danville, New Jersey, actress, Pretty Woman, Vital Signs

1962 Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia)

1962 Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage Beatles through 1977

1962 Netherlands and Indonesia signs accord about New Guinea

1962 Jamaica signs agreement to become independent

1962 Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles

1961 President Kennedy signs law against hijacking (death penalty)

1960 Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down

1960 West Germany signs trade agreement with East Germany

1960 Japan signs security treaty with the U.S.

1960 President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960

1959 Lee Harvey Oswald signs guestbook in hotel Helsinki

1959 U.S.S.R. and Iraq signs contract for building Iraqi nuclear reactor

1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill

1959 Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach Green Bay Packers

1959 Joe Cronin signs 7 year pact to become head of AL

1958 President Eisenhower signs NASA and Space Act of 1958

1958 Ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid

1957 President Eisenhower signs 1st civil rights bill since Reconstruction

1956 Phil Rizzuto signs as New York Yankee radio-TV announcer

1956 Eisenhower signs farm bill allows government to store agricultural surplus

1955 Belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours)

1955 Persia signs Pact of Baghdad

1955 Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad

1955 U.S.S.R. signs peace treaty with France and Great Britain

1955 British government signs military treaty with Iraq

1954 Eisenhower signs Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party

1954 President Eisenhower signs order adding words 'under God' to the Pledge

1953 U.S. and Greece signs peace treaty (U.S. bases)

1953 President Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill

1952 West German Chancellor Adenauer signs a reparation pact for Jews

1951 Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF)

1951 Baseball signs 6 year All-Star pact for TV-radio rights for $6 million

1950 Branch Rickey signs 5-yr contract as Vice President/General Manager of Pittsburgh Pirates

1950 Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own constitution)

1950 Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history

1949 President Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO)

1949 Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral

1948 Truman signs Displaced Persons Bill (205,000 Europeans to U.S.)

1948 Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries)

1948 Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dijk for treason

1947 Former Yank manager Joe McCarthy signs to manage Red Sox

1947 King George VI signs Indian Independence Bill

1947 President Truman signs Presidential Succession Act

1947 Larry Doby signs with Cleveland Indians-1st black player in AL

1947 President Truman signs executive order calling for loyalty

1947 President Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States

1946 Britain signs treaty granting independence to Jordan

1946 Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 1933

1945 Branch Rickey signs Jackie Robinson to a Montreal Royals

1945 Jackie Robinson signs Montreal Royal contract

1945 President Harry S. Truman signs United Nations Charter

1945 President Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom

1945 V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe

1944 Von Rundstedt against Keitel: "Signs peace, idiots!"

1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs "GI Bill of Rights", Servicemen's Readjustment Act

1943 General Castellano signs cease fire treaty in Sicily

1943 Rauter signs unofficial death sentence

1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES)

1941 Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war

1941 U.S. president Roosevelt signs Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act

1941 Turkey signs peace treaty with nazi-Germany

1941 Hitler signs Directive 27 (assault on Yugoslavia)

1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Lend-Lease Bill to lend money to Britain

1941 Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish cafe Alcazar Amsterdam (Alcazar refused to hang "No Entry for Jews" signs in front of cafe)

1940 Nazis signs Technical Hague court Delft

1940 Romania signs Driemogendheden pact

1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Selective Training and Service Act (1st peacetime draft)

1940 British government signs Bruma law under Japanese pressure

1940 France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II

1939 Bucky Harris signs to manage Washington again

1939 Churchill signs British-Russian anti-nazi pact

1939 Stalin signs British-France-Russian anti-nazi pact

1939 Belgian premier signs Burgos-treaty for trade relations with Franco

1937 Casey Stengel signs to manage Boston Bees

1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs act of neutrality

1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs 2nd neutrality act

1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act prohibiting export of U.S. arms to belligerents

1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs National Labor Relations Act

1935 New York Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves

1934 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signs Baltic Entente, against U.S.S.R.

1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions

1934 Austria signs pact with Vatican

1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Home Owners Loan Act

1934 Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut)

1933 Fox signs Shirley Temple, 5, to a studio contract

1933 German judge Vogt signs deed of accusation against Van der Lubbe

1933 Vatican state secretary Pacelli (Pius XII) signs accord with Hitler

1932 France signs non-agression pact with Soviet Union

1932 France and U.S.S.R. signs not-attack treaty

1932 Poland and U.S.S.R. signs non-attack treaty

1932 British government signs trade treaty with U.S.S.R.

1932 British government signs trade agreement with Soviet Union

1930 6 West europe lands signs Convention of Oslo

1930 Francoise Mallet-Joris, F Lilar, Belgian writer, Signs and Wonders

1930 Great Britain signs accord for Independence of Iraq

1930 Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee General Manager Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth"

1929 Turkey and Persia signs friendship treaty

1929 Lithuania signs Litvinov-pact

1929 Turkey signs Litvinov-pact

1928 Walter Johnson signs a 3-year contract to manage the Senators

1928 U.S.S.R. signs Briand-Kellogg-pact

1928 Mussolini signs peace treaty with Abyssinia, Ethiopia

1928 Radio Service Bulletin lists radio stations call signs that are to be changed to conform with international standards

1926 Walter Johnson retires, signs 2-year contract to manage Newark

1926 Italy signs treaty with Yemen

1925 Red Grange signs with Chicago Bears directly out of college

1925 Red Grange plays final University of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears

1924 Italy signs treaty of Rapallo

1924 President Coolidge signs Immigration law: restricting immigration

1923 Daniel Rogers Pinkham, born in Lynn, Massachusetts, composer, Signs of Zodiac

1923 United States signs friendship treaty with Central American countries

1922 President Warren G Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine

1922 Babe Ruth signs 3 years at $52,000 a year New York Yankee contract

1921 President Harding signs Willis Campell Act (anti-beer bill) forbidding doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes

1921 U.S. signs peace treaty with Germany

1920 King George V signs Home Rule Act

1916 U.S. president Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act

1916 Mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract

1914 Turkey signs military pact with Germany

1914 Germany and Turkey signs secret treaty

1914 U.S. signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia

1913 President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law

1911 France and Germany signs treaty about Morocco and Congo

1911 Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to U.S., not ratified

1911 Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to U.S. (not ratified)

1909 English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill

1905 Dominican Rep signs treaty turning over customs collection to US

1904 Dali Lama signs treaty allowing British commerce in Tibet

1903 U.S. signs agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay Cuba

1899 President McKinley signs bill creating Mount Rainier National Park (5th in U.S.)

1898 France signs Niger Convention

1897 Great Britain signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia

1897 France signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia

1894 King Lafia "Absalamu" of Nikki signs accord with France

1894 Fred Lugard signs accord with king Lafia "Absalamu" of Nikki

1893 Russia signs military accord with France

1892 Russian/French generals Obruchev/Boisdeffre signs Duple Alliance

1890 King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company

1889 Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale

1889 President Cleveland signs bill to admit Dakotas, Montana and Washington state

1888 Princess Isabel of Brazil signs "Lei Aurea" abolishing slavery

1887 Austria-Hungary/Italy/Great Britain signs military treaty of Balkan

1883 Austria-Hungary/Germany/Romania signs military treaty

1883 Italy signs military treaty with Austria-Hungary and Germany

1881 Henry M. Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch

1881 Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch

1881 Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolese monarch

1881 Boers signs Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal semi-autonomous

1881 Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch

1880 Pierre de Brazza signs treaty with King Makoko of Congo

1869 Louisiana governor signs public accommodations law

1866 Bathe and Prussia signs peace treaty

1863 Lincoln signs National Currency Act

1862 President Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to Union

1862 Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges

1861 Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers

1856 Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War

1853 Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections

1845 President Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas

1840 England, Russia, Austria and Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance

1830 3 Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk and Fox, signs a treaty giving the U.S. most of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri

1830 Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever

1823 Switzerland signs boundaries for fugitives

1815 Russia, Prussia, Austria and England signs Great Alliance

1812 Massachusetts Governor Gerry signs a redistricting bill-1st "gerrymander"

1808 Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law

1805 France and Austria signs Peace of Pressburg

1802 France, Netherlands, Spain and England signs Peace of Amiens

1801 England and France signs Preliminary of London

1798 England signs treaty with nizam of Hyderabad, India

1797 France and Austria signs cease fire

1789 John Odell signs contract for 336 pounds to build St. Peter's church (Bronx)

1785 Netherlands and France signs treaty

1785 Prussia signs trade agreement with US

1784 England and Netherlands signs peace treaty (Peace of Paris)

1782 Britain signs agreement recognizing U.S. independence

1778 City Amsterdam signs trade agreement with U.S. rebels

1778 France recognizes U.S., signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st U.S. treaty

1766 Dutch governor Falck signs Treaty of Batticaloa with rebels

1762 England and Spain signs Treaty of Paris

1762 Russia and Prussia signs peace treaty

1760 Suriname Colonial Regime signs treaty with Aukaners (ex-slaves)

1755 Rebel leader Mangkubuni signs Treaty of Gianti Java

1751 England signs Austrian and Russian alliance

1749 Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform"

1748 France and Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands

1746 Russia and Austria signs treaty of cooperation

1745 Prussia/Austria signs Treaty of Dresden

1739 England and Spain signs 2nd Convention of Pardo

1731 Spain signs Treaty of Vienna

1729 Netherlands signs Treaty of Seville

1729 Spain, France and England signs Treaty of Seville

1727 Denmark signs Covenant of Hannover

1726 Netherlands signs Covenant of Hannover

1721 England signs Treaty of Madrid

1720 Sweden and Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm

1716 England and Emperor Karel VI signs military treaty

1716 Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia and marries Czar Peter the Great's niece

1713 Dutch State-General signs peace with France: Netherlands loses Orange Princedom

1703 Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant

1698 France, England and Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty

1697 Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Netherlands/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending 9 year War

1696 French king Louis XIV and Victor Amadeua van Savoye signs peace

1689 China and Russia signs Treaty of Nertsjinsk (Nierchul)

1688 Duke of Savoye signs on to League of Augsburg

1686 Germany, Sweden and Spain signs anti-French League of Augsburg

1683 William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape indians in Pennsylvania; only treaty "not sworn to, nor broken"

1683 Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey

1679 German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France

1678 France and Brandenburg signs peace treaty

1678 France and Spain signs peace treaty

1678 Netherlands and France signs peace treaty in Nijmegen

1678 England and Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France

1673 Netherlands and Denmark signs defense treaty

1672 Brandenburgs monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands

1668 England, Netherlands and Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French

1667 France/England signs anti-Dutch military accord

1667 Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia/Poland signs peace treaty

1664 Austria/Turkey signs Peace of Vasvar

1664 King Louis XIV and Emperor of Brandenburg signs covenant

1663 King Charles II signs Carolina Charter

1660 Denmark and Sweden signs peace treaty

1654 England and Netherlands signs peace treaty

1650 French rebel Henri de la Tour Turenne signs treaty with Spain

1646 Spain and Netherlands signs temporary cease fire

1644 Pope Urbanus VIII and duke of Parma signs Peace of Ferrara

1631 France/Maximilian van Bavarian signs Accord of Fontainebleau

1629 Sweden and Poland signs Peace of Altmark

1629 French huguenot leader duke De Rohan signs accord with Spain

1627 France and Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism

1626 Emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch Gabor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg

1621 Turkey and Poland signs Peace of Chotin

1620 Prince Bethlen Gabor signs peace with emperor Ferdinand II

1619 Duke Maximilian I and Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen

1619 England and Netherlands signs treaty about business in the Indies

1618 Russia and Poland signs Peace treaty of Dailino

1607 Mentally ill emperor Rudolf II signs Treaty of Lieben, giving up Austria, Hungary and Moravia

1599 Earl van Essex and Irish rebel Tyrone signs treaty

1598 France and Spain signs Peace of Vervins

1596 England, France and Netherlands signs Drievoudig Covenant against Spain

1587 English queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuarts death sentence

1585 English queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: aid to Netherland

1585 English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Netherlands

1585 King Henri III and Duke De Guise signs Treaty of Nemours: French Huguenots loose all freedoms

1581 James VI signs 2nd Confession of Faith in Scotland

1579 England signs an offensive and defensive alliance with Netherland

1577 Spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict"

1576 Pacificatie of Gent: 17 Dutch provinces signs anti-Spanish covenant

1575 French Roman Catholics and Huguenots signs treaty

1573 Turkey and Venice signs peace treaty

1570 Sweden/Denmark signs Peace of Stettin

1570 King Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II

1562 Emperor Ferdinand and Sultan Suleiman signs treaty

1560 England/Scotland signs Treaty of Edinburgh

1559 Spain and France signs 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambresis

1559 England/France signs 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambresis

1552 France signs secret treaty with German Protestants

1549 Pope Paul III signs Council of Bologna

1546 England signs Peace of Andres with Scotland/Ireland

1544 Scottish earl Matthew van Lennox signs secret treaty with Henry VIII

1540 Venice/Turkey signs peace

1539 Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt

1538 Catholic German monarchy signs League of Neurenberg

1534 Francois I signs classified treaty with evangelical German monarchy

1532 Karel I and evangelical monarchy signs Peace of Neurenberg

1532 Henry VIII and Francois I signs secret treaty against emperor Karel V

1528 Hungarian anti-king Janos Zapolyai and Sultan Suleiman signs treaty

1527 Pope Clemens VII signs treaty with emperor Karel I

1522 Portuguese Antonio de Brita signs treaty island of Ternate Molukkas

1521 Pope Leo X signs treaty with German emperor Charles V

1520 King Charles V and King Henry VIII signs treaty of Calais

1517 Pope Leo X signs 5th Council of Lateranen

1516 Kings Charles I and Francois I signs Treaty of Noyons

1511 England signs on to the Saint League

1511 Eedgenootschap signs anti-French Saint League

1504 Queen Isabella I of Spain signs her testament

1504 France and Spain signs ceasefire

1493 King Charles VIII and Maximilian I of Austria signs Peace of Senlis

1492 Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find Indies

1465 French King Louis XI signs peace with Charles the Stout

1454 Milan/Venice signs peace of Lodi

1436 German emperor Sigismund signs peace with Hussieten

1428 Jacoba of Bavaria signs cease fire with Philip the Good

1370 Hanzesteden signs peace treaty with Danish king Waldemar IV

1354 Margaretha van Bavarian's son earl Willem V signs peace treaty

1338 German monarch signs Treaty of Rense

1296 Earl Floris V signs accord with French king

1215 King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede, England

911 Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signs treaty with Byzantines


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