Historical place archive

Ottawa in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Ottawa in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels2 people1858–1997

Historical events in Ottawa

1858

8 21 1858
Lincoln Douglas Debate
Abraham Lincoln · Republican Party

Lincoln debates Douglas at Ottawa in the first joint debate

1997

3 December 1997
Conference of Ottawa
William Jefferson Bill Clinton · Democratic Party Government

Nations sign a Treaty banning land mines, about 120 nations at the Ottawa conference agree to outlaw global production and use, the United States, China, and Russia attend but do not sign Treaty

3 December 1997
International Conference at Ottawa
William Jefferson Bill Clinton · Democratic Party Government

Nations sign a Treaty banning land mines, about 120 nations at the Ottawa conference agree to outlaw global production and use, the United States, China, and Russia attend but do not sign Treaty

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Ottawa. 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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