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Sevres in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Sevres in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

12 records10 event labels5 people1920โ€“1956

Historical events in Sevres

1920

10 August 1920
Rule of Transjordan
David Lloyd George ยท League of Nations

Under the Treaty of Sevres a League of Nations mandate awards Transjordan to Britain

10 August 1920
Treaty of Sevres
David Lloyd George ยท League of Nations

Under the Treaty of Sevres Turkey cedes Cyprus to Britain. Under the Treaty of Sevres a League of Nations mandate awards Transjordan to Britain

1956

1956
Conference of Sevres
Robert Anthony Eden ยท Conservative Party Government

The Allies agree Israel should invade & Britain & France would intervene & instruct the Israeli & Egyptian armies to withdraw 10 miles either side of the canal. The Canal owners, Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez, held a secret meeting between Israel, France & Britain at Sevres, outside Paris

1956
Suez Canal
Robert Anthony Eden ยท Conservative Party Government

The Canal owners, Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez, held a secret meeting between Israel, France & Britain at Sevres, outside Paris

22 October 1956
Protocol of Sevres
Selwyn Lloyd ยท Suez War

Participates in secret Sevres discussions before Patrick Dean signs the final protocol for Britain

22 October 1956
Sevres Mission
Selwyn Lloyd ยท Suez War

Travels to secret talks with French and Israeli representatives at Sevres

24 October 1956
Protocol of Sevres
Patrick Dean ยท Suez War

Signs the secret Protocol of Sevres for Britain with Israeli and French representatives

24 October 1956
Secret Protocol Signed for Britain
Patrick Dean ยท Suez War

Dean signs the written Sevres protocol setting the sequence for Israeli attack and Anglo-French intervention.

24 October 1956
Sevres Collusion
Robert Anthony Eden ยท Suez War

Secretly agrees with France and Israel on the sequence leading to intervention in Egypt

24 October 1956
Suez Collusion
Anthony Eden ยท Suez War

Britain, France and Israel secretly agree the sequence of Israeli invasion, ultimatum and Anglo-French intervention

November 1956
Conference of Sevres
Robert Anthony Eden ยท Conservative Party Government

The Allies agree Israel should invade & Britain & France would intervene & instruct the Israeli & Egyptian armies to withdraw 10 miles either side of the canal

November 1956
Musketeer
Robert Anthony Eden ยท Conservative Party Government

The Allies agree Israel should invade & Britain & France would intervene & instruct the Israeli & Egyptian armies to withdraw 10 miles either side of the canal

Provenance

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