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Paris in History

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

83 records54 event labels34 people1778โ€“2025

Historical events in Paris

1778

6 February 1778
Alliance United States and France
John Quincy Adams ยท Continental Congress

An informal alliance between the United States and France during the American Revolution, the Treaty of Amity recognizes the United States as an independent country, and promotes trade between the two nations

6 February 1778
Independence of United States of America
John Quincy Adams ยท Continental Congress

The Treaty of Amity recognizes the United States as an independent country by France

6 February 1778
Treaty of Amity
Arthur Lea ยท Continental Congress

Signed by Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane & Arthur Lea on behalf of the Americans with the French

6 February 1778
Treaty of Amity
Benjamin Franklin ยท Continental Congress

Along with its sister document the Treaty of Alliance, one two treaties signed on February 6, 1778 in Paris, France between the United States and France establishing a commercial alliance between these two nations

6 February 1778
Treaty of Amity
Benjamin Franklin ยท Continental Congress

An informal alliance between the United States and France during the American Revolution, the Treaty of Amity recognizes the United States as an independent country, and promotes trade between the two nations.

6 February 1778
Treaty of Amity
Benjamin Franklin ยท Continental Congress

Mutual protection of all vessels and cargo when in US or French jurisdiction. Mutual Most Favored Nation status between France & the USA with regard to commerce and navigation.

6 February 1778
Treaty of Amity
Benjamin Franklin ยท Continental Congress

The Franco-American Treaty of Amity & Commerce & Treaty of Alliance is signed in Paris. Signed by Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane & Arthur Lea on behalf of the Americans with the French.

6 February 1778
Treaty of Amity
John Quincy Adams ยท Continental Congress

An informal alliance between the United States and France during the American Revolution, the Treaty of Amity recognizes the United States as an independent country, and promotes trade between the two nations

6 February 1778
Treaty of Amity
Silas Deane ยท Continental Congress

Signed by Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane & Arthur Lea on behalf of the Americans with the French

2 May 1778
Treaty of Amity
Benjamin Franklin ยท Continental Congress

The Treaty is received by Congress

4 May 1778
Treaty of Amity
Benjamin Franklin ยท Continental Congress

The Treaty is ratified by Congress

1783

1783
Peace
John Jay ยท American War of Independence

With Benjamin Franklin & John Adams, concludes the American revolution

1784

14 January 1784
Peace Treaty
George Washington ยท American War of Independence

The US Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris

14 January 1784
Treaty of Paris
George Washington ยท American War of Independence

The US Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris

1789

July 1789
Jefferson Consults on Lafayette Rights Draft
Thomas Jefferson ยท Revolution of France

Jefferson discusses Lafayette's proposed declaration and provides comments during preparation of the July draft.

July 1789
Jefferson Marginal Notes on Lafayette Rights Draft
Thomas Jefferson ยท Revolution of France

Jefferson annotates a surviving version of Lafayette's draft while the French declaration project is still being developed.

1793

22 April 1793
Declaration of Neutrality
George Washington ยท Revolution of USA

A declaration of neutrality to keep America out of the war between Britain & France

1794

2 August 1794
Ambassador
James Monroe ยท Government of USA

Appointed Ambassador of France

1795

1795
Trade Agreement at Paris
John Jay ยท Revolution of USA

Britain agrees to withdraw from its north west garrisons. Britain agrees to alter the terms of trade between it & the USA. America conditionally supports British maritime policies

1917

13 June 1917
Visit to Paris
John Joseph Pershing ยท World War, 1st

Arrives in Paris to discuss Americas involvement in the war

1919

1919
Delegate
John Foster Dulles ยท Military

Appointed Delegate to the Paris Peace Conference, chief US spokesman on reparations

1919
Delegate
John Foster Dulles ยท World War, 1st

Appointed Delegate to the Paris Peace Conference, chief US spokesman on reparations

January 1919
League Covenant
Thomas Woodrow Wilson ยท League of Nations

Presses the peace conference to include a League covenant.

12 January 1919
Supreme War Council
John Joseph Pershing ยท World War, 1st

Advises American negotiators on occupation and demobilisation issues.

12 January 1919
Supreme War Council
Woodrow Wilson ยท World War, 1st

Participates in Allied decisions as peace negotiations begin.

1923

1923
Dawes Committee
Charles Gates Dawes ยท Republican Party Government

Begins work with international experts on the German reparations problem.

1923
Dawes Committee
Charles Gates Dawes ยท Republican Party Government

Leads the reparations expert committee that prepares the Dawes Plan; he does not become Vice President until 1925.

1923
Reparation Commission
Charles Gates Dawes ยท Republican Party Government

Chosen to chair the committee reviewing German reparations after European deadlock.

1923
Reparations
Charles Gates Dawes ยท Republican Party Government

Appointed to chair the expert committee studying German reparations; the later Dawes Plan is submitted in 1924.

1924

1924
Allied Reparations Committee
Charles Gates Dawes ยท Republican Party Government

The expert committee investigates how to collect German reparations debt after World War I.

1924
Dawes Committee
Charles Gates Dawes ยท Republican Party Government

Dawes works with American and European experts on a plan for German reparations.

9 April 1924
Dawes Plan
Charles Gates Dawes ยท Republican Party Government

The Dawes Committee proposes a reparations plan to stabilize German payments after World War I.

9 April 1924
Dawes Plan
Charles Gates Dawes ยท Republican Party Government

The Dawes Plan provides for annual German reparations; Dawes later shares the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize.

9 April 1924
Economy of Germany
Charles Gates Dawes ยท Republican Party Government

Submits the committee report on German reparations and financial stabilization.

9 April 1924
Foreign Loans
Charles Gates Dawes ยท Republican Party Government

The Dawes Plan supports foreign lending to stabilize the German economy.

9 April 1924
Reichsbank Reform
Charles Gates Dawes ยท Republican Party Government

The Dawes Plan recommends changes to stabilize German finance and support reparations.

9 April 1924
Reparations Schedule
Charles Gates Dawes ยท Republican Party Government

The Dawes Plan reduces annual German payments at first and lets them rise over time.

1927

1927
Diplomatic Proposal at Paris
Frank Kellog ยท Democratic Party Government

Aristide Briand proposes to Kellog that France & the US set an example & oulaw war

1927
Kellog-Briand Pact
Frank Kellog ยท Democratic Party Government

Aristide Briand proposes to Kellog that France & the US set an example & oulaw war

1928

27 August 1928
Kellog-Briand Pact
Frank Kellog ยท Democratic Party Government

Under the terms of the Kellog-Briand Pact war is outlawed & disputes must be settled peacefully. Devised by Frank Kellog & Aristride Briand. 65 states including Russia & the USA sign the Kellog-Briand Pact

27 August 1928
Kellog-Briand Pact
Frank Kellog ยท Military

Under the terms of the Kellog-Briand Pact war is outlawed & disputes must be settled peacefully

27 August 1928
Kellog-Briand Pact
Herbert Clerk Hoover ยท Republican Party Government

65 states including Russia & the USA sign the Kellog-Briand Pact

27 August 1928
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Frank B. Kellogg ยท League of Nations

Signs the pact renouncing war as an instrument of policy.

27 August 1928
Legislation
Herbert Clerk Hoover ยท Republican Party Government

War is outlawed & disputes must be settled peacefully

27 August 1928
Pact between Kellogg-Briand Signatory Nations
Frank Kellog ยท Democratic Party Government

65 states including Russia & the USA sign the Kellog-Briand Pact

1944

1944
First Army
Courtney Hicks Hodges ยท World War, 2nd

Hodgess troops are the first to reach Paris, France

1944
Siege of Paris
Courtney Hicks Hodges ยท World War, 2nd

Hodgess troops are the first to reach Paris, France

22 August 1944
Siege of Paris
Omar Nelson Bradley ยท World War, 2nd

Orders the Allied attack on Paris

25 August 1944
Capture of Paris
Clifton Woodrun ยท World War, 2nd

After the capture of Paris Woodrun estimates that the war will be over by October

1960

15 May 1960
Conference of Paris
Dwight David Eisenhower ยท Republican Party Government

Before the Summit Khruschev demands Eisenhower stop U-2 spying over Russia, he refuses

15 May 1960
Khruschev demands Eisenhower stop U-2 spying over Russia, he refuses
Dwight David Eisenhower ยท Republican Party Government

Khruschev demands Eisenhower stop U-2 spying over Russia, he refuses

16 May 1960
Conference of Paris
Dwight David Eisenhower ยท Republican Party Government

Attends the Allied Summit in Paris

1967

July 1967
3 month diplomacy with North Vietnam leading to a meeting between the
Lyndon Baines Johnson ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

3 month diplomacy with North Vietnam leading to a meeting between the U.S. & Hanoi in 1968

July 1967
Operation Pennsylvania
Lyndon Baines Johnson ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

3 month diplomacy with North Vietnam leading to a meeting between the U.S. & Hanoi in 1968

1968

10 May 1968
Conference of Paris
Lyndon Baines Johnson ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

Peace talks begin in Paris with North Vietnamese officials

1969

1969
Resignation of Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

Resigns after finding the Paris Conference unproductive

February 1969
International Agreement at Paris
Richard Milhous Nixon ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

Meets de Gaulle to agree a pact with China, seen by the State Dept as the main enemy

4 August 1969
Secret Paris Contacts
Henry Kissinger ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

Begins secret contacts with North Vietnamese negotiators

1970

21 February 1970
Paris Talks
Henry Kissinger ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

Conducts secret talks with Le Duc Tho

21 February 1970
Secret Paris Talks
Henry Kissinger ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

Begins secret talks in Paris with Le Duc Tho

1972

1972
Conference of Paris
Henry Alfred Kissinger ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

Negotiates the Paris Peace Settlement with Le Duc Tho

1972
Negotiations
Henry Alfred Kissinger ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

Negotiates the Paris Peace Settlement with Le Duc Tho

July 1972
Conference of Paris
Richard Milhous Nixon ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

The Paris Peace talks resume

13 December 1972
Conference of Paris
Richard Milhous Nixon ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

The North Vietnamese walk out of the Paris peace conference

1973

23 January 1973
Accords of Paris
Richard Milhous Nixon ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

The Paris Accords specify a ceasefire but do not delineate territorial boundaries

23 January 1973
Ceasefire
Richard Milhous Nixon ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

The Paris Accords specify a ceasefire but do not delineate territorial boundaries

23 January 1973
Conference of Paris
Henry Alfred Kissinger ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

The Paris Peace Agreement is signed

23 January 1973
Conference of Paris
Richard Milhous Nixon ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

The Paris Peace Agreement is signed

23 January 1973
Peace
Henry Alfred Kissinger ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

The Paris Peace Agreement is signed

27 January 1973
Paris Peace Accords
William Rogers ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

Signs the Paris Peace Accords for the United States

4 February 1973
ICCS
Richard Milhous Nixon ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

The International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS) was created at the Paris Peace Accords - signed by the US, the Vietcong, North Vietnam & South Vietnam

4 February 1973
ICCS
Richard Milhous Nixon ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

Under the terms of the peace agreement the ICCS is to establish regional and sub-regional administrations based in the demilitarised zone below the Seventeenth Parallel.

4 February 1973
Paris Peace Accords
Richard Milhous Nixon ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

The International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS) was created at the Paris Peace Accords - signed by the US, the Vietcong, North Vietnam & South Vietnam

4 February 1973
Paris Peace Accords
Richard Milhous Nixon ยท Vietnam War, 2nd

Under the terms of the peace agreement the ICCS is to establish regional and sub-regional administrations based in the demilitarised zone below the Seventeenth Parallel.

1977

1977
Death of Maria Callas
Maria Callas ยท Classical Music

Death of Maria Callas

1984

1984
Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger
Frank Vincent Zappa ยท Popular Music

Releases The Perfect Stranger, featuring Pierre Boulez conducting Ensemble InterContemporain alongside Synclavier works.

1985

25 July 1985
Health of Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson ยท Medicine

Rock Hudson is hospitalized with AIDS

1993

13 January 1993
Chemical Weapons Convention Opens for Signature
George Herbert Walker Bush ยท Republican Party Government

The United States joins the opening signature conference for the Chemical Weapons Convention.

1995

14 December 1995
Dayton Accords
Richard Holbrooke ยท Balkan Wars, 3rd

The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.

14 December 1995
Dayton Accords
William Jefferson Bill Clinton ยท Balkan Wars, 3rd

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

1998

1998
Honorary Cesar
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood ยท Cinema

Receives an Honorary Cesar recognizing his contribution to cinema.

2007

2007
Legion of Honour
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood ยท Cinema

Receives Frances Legion of Honour for his contribution to cinema.

2025

7 June 2025
French Open
Coco Gauff ยท Tennis

Wins the French Open women's singles title.

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 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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