Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Paris in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The Treaty of Paris ends hostilities. Spain returns Minorca to Britain. George III dismisses Pitt & the Treaty of Paris is signed by George III & Bute. France gives Spain the Louisiana territory west of the Mississippi. France cedes Canada & most of her Indian possessions to Britain. Britain restores Havana & Manila to Spain. Britain gains Florida from Spain
Commences peace negotiations
The US Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris
Appointed Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet
Appointed Ambassador
Appointed Ambassador
Allied occupation of Paris confirms the collapse of Napoleon's final political and military position.
The Allies enter Paris
The Allies enter Paris
Louis XVIII is restored to the French throne
Brunel continues technical studies in Paris before entering practical engineering work.
Brunel studies precision engineering and horology under the celebrated clockmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet.
Brunel gains precision engineering experience in Abraham-Louis Breguet's workshop.
Brunel continues his mathematical education at the Lycee Henri-IV in Paris.
Brunel is ruled ineligible for admission to the Ecole Polytechnique because he is a foreign national.
Visits Louis-Philippe of France, the 1st royal visit to France since 1520
Supports a settlement placing the Danubian Principalities under collective European guarantees while retaining Ottoman suzerainty.
Supports the Paris settlement limiting Russian power in the Black Sea and restructuring arrangements for the Danubian Principalities.
Leads the British delegation during negotiations that produce the Treaty of Paris.
The Declaration of Paris lays down international rules for maritime warfare.
Signs the Treaty of Paris for Britain.
The Treaty of Paris is signed.
Signs the Treaty of Paris as one of Britain's plenipotentiaries at the peace congress.
Signs rules affecting privateering and maritime war.
Death of Oscar Wilde
Meets Antoine Kitabgi in Paris and agrees in principle to seek a Persian petroleum concession.
1st day of a good will visit to Paris
Directs suffrage strategy from France through clandestine communications.
Escapes to Paris to avoid arrest for militant conspiracy.
Directs WSPU strategy from exile in Paris.
Maintains communication with British militants while avoiding arrest.
Attends the Paris Peace Conference
Visits GHQ in Paris & the Front
Supports Emir Faisal's delegation during negotiations over the postwar Middle East.
Milner attends the Paris Peace Conference and is one of the signatories of the Treaty of Versailles
Attends the Paris Peace Conference as an advocate for Faisal and Arab claims.
Supports British diplomatic work following the wartime council.
Moves from wartime council work into peace conference diplomacy.
Reports on military demobilisation after the armistice.
Helps draft the Covenant of the League of Nations.
Attends the Paris Peace Conference, urges a military expedition against the Bolsheviks
Attends the Paris Peace Conference, urges a military expedition against the Bolsheviks
Lloyd George receives Allied proposals defining a provisional eastern limit for Polish administration north of Kholm while reserving claims farther east.
Allied experts present alternative Lines A and B for Eastern Galicia, differing over whether Lwow and the Drohobych oil region should remain with Poland.
The Allied leadership authorizes Poland to occupy Eastern Galicia to the Zbrucz while postponing a final sovereignty settlement.
The Commission on Polish Affairs recommends recognizing complete Polish sovereignty west of its proposed eastern line while leaving claims beyond it unresolved.
The Supreme Council accepts a statute whose Galician demarcation joins the proposed Polish eastern line to the Czechoslovak frontier in the Carpathians.
The Allied powers recognize Polish sovereignty west of a provisional eastern line while expressly reserving Poland's possible rights to territories farther east.
Attends the Conference as a 2nd Plenipotentiary
Tries to reduce Germany's war debts to France & France's war debts to the US. Attends the Allied Financial Conference
Appointed Ambassador of France
Birth of Alexis Korner (born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner)
Appointed Ambassador of France
Promotes the Entente in Paris
Represents GC&CS at the January Paris meeting with Polish and French cryptologists.
Attends the January Paris meeting and assesses the allied position against military Enigma.
Visits Leon Blum
Visits the French Minister of Marine to discuss joint Anglo-French naval activity
Continues Anglo-French strategic discussions during the Phoney War.
Meets Polish cryptanalysts in Paris and absorbs techniques that influence the British Bombe design.
Considers intervention in Scandinavia during the Winter War crisis.
The council considers intervention in Norway including a landing at Narvik
Attends the council as Allied leaders discuss control of Swedish iron ore routes.
Attends the council meeting considering aid to Finland against Soviet Russia.
Supports measures affecting Norway and Swedish iron ore traffic.
Supports Allied consideration of Norway and Swedish iron ore routes.
Supreme War Council approves mining Norwegian waters and preparing Narvik occupation plans.
Backs approval to mine Norwegian waters and prepare Narvik operations.
Approves Operation Wilfred and related Norwegian planning.
The council agrees to mine Norwegian waters and prepare Narvik occupation plans.
Debates sending more RAF fighter squadrons to France.
Accompanies Churchill and records strategic discussions.
Accompanies Churchill during the crisis meeting in Paris.
Attends as air reinforcements for France are debated.
Attends a crisis meeting after the German breakthrough at Sedan.
Flies to Paris to discuss the collapsing French front.
Attends another crisis meeting as German forces reach the Channel.
Returns to Paris as German forces approach the Channel.
Discusses Narvik and Dunkirk with French leaders.
Travels with Churchill for the Paris council meeting.
Warns against any separate French surrender during discussions.
Assists Churchill at the council meeting as France nears collapse.
Accompanies Churchill during the Paris crisis meeting.
Attends the council as Allied strategy shifts during the Dunkirk evacuation.
Announces evacuation figures from Dunkirk during a Supreme War Council meeting.
Meets the Allied Supreme War Council and declares Britain will fight on.
Promises to fight on despite the worsening military position.
Attends as Allied leaders discuss evacuation from Norway and France.
Discusses Dunkirk and Norway with French leaders.
Discusses Narvik and Dunkirk with French leaders.
Paris falls to the Germans. Churchill realises that Britain will be the next target for Hitler after France
Appointed Ambassador of France, liaises with the Free French
Appointed Ambassador of France, liaises with the Free French
Elizabeth & Philip make their 1st official tour, a royal state visit to France
Elizabeth & Philip make their 1st official tour, a royal state visit to France
Pays a state visit to France
Attends the Allied Summit in Paris
The Paris Summit ends after Khruschev walks out, MacMillan spent 2 yrs organising it
Visits de Gaulle to discuss British entry into the EC & Anglo-French nuclear strategy
After the French veto UK EC entry Princess Margaret is refused to dine with de Gaulle
UNESCO awarded Hoyle the Kalinga Prize for communicating science through broadcasts, lectures, and writing.
Death of Edward VIII
Attends EC Summit where "the British problem" & the "European Council" are discussed
Attends EC Summit where "the British problem" & the "European Council" are discussed
Barker wins the French Open, defeating Renata Tomanova of Czechoslovakia in the final in three sets 6-2, 0-6, 6-2
Appears as lead vocalist on Seconds Out, documenting the post-Gabriel live band.
Leads Liverpool to European Cup victory over Real Madrid.
Anounces live on TV she will go forward to the 2nd ballot
The full and formal agreement is signed by French President Jacques Chirac, US President Bill Clinton, UK Prime Minister John Major, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin
Scores with a low volley as Real Madrid defeat Valencia 3-0.
Heads Arsenal into the lead against Barcelona in the Champions League final.
Recalled to the England squad by Capello for the friendly against France, Beckham becomes only the fifth Englishman to win 100 caps
Brown proposes additional European financing support for small businesses.
Brown joins European leaders coordinating bank recapitalisation and medium-term funding measures.
Brown promotes coordinated European action to restore bank lending and confidence.
Meets President Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss military, diplomatic and political pressure on the Qadhafi regime.
Supports international efforts that culminate in the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Attends the Gavi investment summit supporting the African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator.
Starmer attends international discussions on artificial intelligence investment, safety and governance.
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Paris. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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