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European History : 802 - the Present
 
 
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European History : 802 - the Present


Nineth Century Documents

  • 802 - Capitulary of Charlemagne
  • 817 - The Ordinance of Louis the Pius
  • 870 - Treaty at Aix Between Louis II and Charles the Bald Concerning the Division of the Kingdom of Lothar II


  • Tenth Century Documents



    Eleventh Century Documents

  • Laws of William the Conqueror
  • Ordinance of William I, Separating the Spiritual and Temporal Courts.
  • 1085 - Decree of the Emperor Henry IV Concerning a Truce of God


  • Twelfth Century Documents

  • 1152 - Peace of the Land Established by Frederick Barbarossa Between 1152 and 1157 A.D.
  • 1155 - The Bull of Pope Adrian IV Empowering Henry II to Conquer Ireland. A.D.
  • 1156 - The Establishment of the Duchy of Austria; September 17,
  • 1164 - Constitutions of Clarendon,
  • 1166 - Assize of Clarendon,
  • 1180 - The Dialogue Concerning the Exchequer


  • 1180 - The Gelnhausen Charter; April 13
  • 1189 - Laws of Richard I (Coeur de Lion) Concerning Crusaders Who Were to Go by Sea. A.D.


  • Thirteenth Century Documents

  • 1215 - Magna Carta,
  • 1274 - Count Palatinate as Judge Over the Kings. Decree of the Nuremberg Diet, November 19
  • 1279 - Statute of Mortmain; November 15
  • 1290 - Statute of Edward I Concerning the Buying and Selling of Land (Quai emptores);
  • 1297 - Confirmation of the Charters,


  • Fourteenth Century Documents

  • (ca. 1300) - The Manner of Holding Parliament
  • 1351 - The Statute of Laborers
  • 1356 - The Golden Bull of the Emperor Charles IV
  • 1386 - The Foundation of the University of Heidelberg


  • Fifteenth Century Documents

  • 1479 - Treaty Between Spain and Portugal, Concluded at Alcacovas, September 4
  • 1492 - Priviledges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus; April 30
  • 1498 - The Letters Patents of King Henry the Seventh Granted unto Iohn Cabot and his Three Sonnes, Lewis, Sebastian and Sancius for the the Discouerie of New and Unknowen Lands; March 5


  • Sixteenth Century Documents

  • 1578 - Letters Patent to Sir Humfrey Gylberte June 11
  • 1584 - Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh; March 25


  • Seventeenth Century Documents

  • 1648 - Treaty of Westphlia; October 24


  • Eighteenth Century Documents

  • 1763 - The Treaty of Paris; February 10
  • 1763 - The Royal Proclamation - October 7
  • 1789 - Declaration of the Rights of Man;


  • Nineteenth Century Documents

  • 1800 - San Ildefenso; Treaty of - October 1
  • 1881 - The Three Emperors League - June 18,
  • 1892 - The Franco-Russian Alliance Military Convention - August 18,


  • Twentieth Century Documents

  • 1907 - The Anglo-Russian Entente
  • 1914 - Treaty of Alliance Between Germany and Turkey 2 August
  • 1925 - Treaty of Locarno Between France and Poland October 16
  • 1936 - Anti-Comintern Pact - Protocol, Signed at Berlin, November 25
  • 1938 - Franco-German Declaration : December 6,
  • 1939 - The Munich Pact and Associated Documents
  • 1940 - Franco-German Armistice : June 25,
  • 1940 - Tripartite Pact, September 27
  • 1941 - Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact April 13,
  • 1941 - Agreement Between the United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : July 12
  • 1942 - Twenty-Year Mutual Assistance Agreement Between the United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : May 26
  • 1955 - The Warsaw Security Pact: May 14
  • 1992 - European Parliament Resolution on the Situation Tibet