Paris, Treaty of

Any of various peace treaties signed in Paris, including: 1763 ending the Seven Years' War (see Treaty of Paris, 1763); 1783 (also known as the Peace of Versailles) recognizing American independence (see Treaty of Paris, 1783); 1814 and 1815 following the abdication and final defeat of Napoleon I; 1856 ending the Crimean War; 1898 ending the Spanish-American War; 1919-20 the conference preparing the Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I was held in Paris; 1947 after World War II, the peace treaties between the Allies and Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland; 1951 treaty signed by France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg, embodying the Schuman Plan to set up a single coal and steel authority; 1973 ending US participation in the Vietnam War.