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The Treaty between Governor Carver and Massasoit
The Pilgrim-Wampanoag Peace Treaty between Plymouth Colony governor John Carver and Wampanoag chief Massasoit, 1621 CE. Image from page 145 of "A popular history of the United States of America, from the aboriginal times to the present day"...

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The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster
The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster, oil on copper by Gerard ter Borch, 1648.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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European Colonization of North America c.1750
A map illustrating the systematic European colonization of North America during the Age of Exploration, spanning from the 1490s to the outbreak of the French and Indian War in the 1750s. It captures how Spanish, French, English, and Dutch...

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Newspaper Front Page Declaring the Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
A U.S. newspaper front page declaring the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty was signed by the victors of WWI and the loser Germany on 28 June 1919.

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Signing the Treaty of Versailles, 1919
A painting by William Orpen showing the signing of the Treaty of Versailles which took place in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles outside Paris. The treaty was signed by the victors of the First World War (1914-18) and the loser...

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Kadesh Treaty
The treaty of Kadesh was written in Akkadian language in 1269 BCE. It was a peace-treaty which was concluded between Ramesses II (the Egyptian pharaoh) and Hattusilis (king of Hittite). These two tablets were found in Boğazköy-Buyulkale (the...

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Signing of the Treaty of Ghent
The signing of the Treaty of Ghent, Christmas Eve, 1814, ending the War of 1812 between the US and UK, oil on canvas painting by Amédée Forestier, 1914.
Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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The Tablet of the Treaty between Suppiluliuma I and Hukkana
This clay tablet mentions the details of the treaty between the Hittite king Suppiluliuma (Šuppiluliuma) I and the Haiasa (Haiaša) prince Hukkana. 13th century BCE (the tablet was originally written in the mid-14th century BCE), from Hattusa...

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Zakutu Treaty
A clay tablet showing the treaty made by Zakutu (l. c. 728 - c. 668 BCE) on behalf of her grandson, the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (r. 668-627 BCE). (British Museum, London)

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Jay Treaty
A 1795 pamphlet containing the text of the controversial Jay Treaty. Published in Philadelphia, PA, c. 1795.