January 23, 1973
Accords of Paris
The Paris Peace Agreement is signed. The Paris Accords specify a ceasefire but do not delineate territorial boundaries
Database labels: Accords of Paris
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Paris Peace Accords 1973: Negotiations, Ceasefire and U.S. Withdrawal
The Paris Peace Accords were signed in January 1973 after prolonged negotiations involving the United States, North Vietnam, South Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government. The agreement provided for a ceasefire, withdrawal of remaining United States forces and the return of prisoners of war.
The accords ended direct American ground-force participation but did not end the conflict between the Vietnamese parties. Fighting continued, and the military balance changed rapidly before North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon in April 1975.
17 matching database rows10 consolidated chronology entries1973Key people: Richard Milhous Nixon, Nguyen van Thieu, Henry Alfred Kissinger, William Rogers
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Richard Milhous Nixon, Nguyen van Thieu, Henry Alfred Kissinger, William Rogers, Lon Nol, Leonid Brezhnev, Le Duc Tho
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Paris, Washington, Moscow, Oslo
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January 23, 1973
Accords of Peace
Peace Accords are signed with North Vietnam
Database labels: Accords of Peace
January 23, 1973
Conference of Paris
The Paris Peace Agreement is signed
Database labels: Conference of Paris; Peace · 4 related database rows consolidated
January 27, 1973
Paris Peace Accords
Paris agreement seeks to end foreign military interference in Indochina
Database labels: Paris Peace Accords
January 27, 1973
Paris Peace Accords
Signs the Paris Peace Accords for the United States
Database labels: Paris Peace Accords
January 27, 1973
Paris Peace Accords
Announces the signing of the Paris Peace Accords ending direct US combat involvement
Database labels: Paris Peace Accords
January 27, 1973
Paris Peace Accords Response
Welcomes the Vietnam peace agreement while maintaining Soviet ties with Hanoi
Database labels: Paris Peace Accords Response
January 27, 1973
Peace
Signs the Paris Peace Agreement which allows South Vietnam its political sovereignty
Database labels: Peace
February 4, 1973
Paris Peace Accords
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. 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
Database labels: ICCS; Paris Peace Accords · 5 related database rows consolidated
1973
Nobel Prize
Is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with Henry Kissinger for the Paris Peace Accords but declines the prize.
Database labels: Nobel Prize
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Compiled and edited by the World History Database from structured historical records. This page consolidates 17 matching rows into 10 chronology entries to reduce duplicate and near-duplicate display. Last reviewed 2026-10-06.