Permanent historical factsheet

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

France · Warfare / North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1949–1966Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1949

Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman4 April 1949

Washington · Warfare / North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Signs the Treaty establishing the NATO alliance. Schuman was instrumental in the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Schuman also signed the Treaty of Washington for France

1966

Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle1966

Paris · Warfare / North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Takes France out of NATO & removes NATO installations

Names involved

Charles Andre Marie Joseph de GaulleJean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman

Provenance

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