Europe/Timelines

Pre-1900

1648: Treaty of Westphalia

- created the Wesphalian System of European sovereign states[1].

1713: Treaty of Utrecht

1815: Congress of Vienna

20th century

1919 Paris peace conference

- concluded the treaties of Versailles, St Germain, Trianon, Neuilly, Sèvres and Lausanne

1949: Treaty of London

- created the Council of Europe

1957: Treaty of Rome

1973: Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe

1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall

1990: German reunification

1991: Collapse of the Soviet Union

1992: Treaty of Maastricht

1994: Opening of the Channel tunnel

1997: Treaty of Amsterdam

2009: Treaty of Lisbon