** The Treaty of Münster ( Instrumentum Pacis Monasteriensis, IPM ), concerning the Holy Roman Emperor and France and their respective allies.

** The Treaty of Osnabrück ( Instrumentum Pacis Osnabrugensis, IPO ), concerning the Holy Roman Emperor, the Empire and Sweden and their respective allies.

** UN Treaty Collection – Treaty Guide

** The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization is permanently disbanded.

** In 1999, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) led by the United States launched air attacks against Yugoslavia ( then composed of only Serbia and Montenegro ) to pressure the Yugoslav government to end its military operations against ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo due to accusations of war crimes being committed by Yugoslav military forces working alongside nationalist Serb paramilitary groups.

** North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea announces that it plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to nuclear sites.

** The Majilis of Kazakhstan approves the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and agrees to dismantle the more than 100 missiles left on its territory by the fall of the USSR.

** Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan to formally end the Pacific War.

** Japan-U. S. Security Treaty, which allows United States Armed Forces being stationed in Japan after the occupation of Japan, is signed by Japan and the United States.

** Anglo-Jordanian Treaty of 1948 expires.

** Hay-Pauncefote Treaty signed by United Kingdom and United States, ceding control of the Panama Canal to the United States.

** Cold War: The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.

** The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty opens for signature.

** Warsaw Treaty Organization joint secretariat established.

** The Treaty of Versailles is signed, formally ending World War I.

** Mexican – American War formally ends, making the unincorporated, unorganized California Territory a provisional official possession: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the war and ceding to the United States virtually all of what is today the southwest United States.

** Commonwealth of Independent States Collective Security Treaty ( CST ) signed ( effective 20 April 1994 ).

** Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev sign the SALT I treaty in Moscow, as well as the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and other agreements.

** Estonian War of Independence: The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed, ending the war and recognizing Estonian independence.

** Treaty of Moscow ( 1920 ): Soviet Russia recognizes independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.

** Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing South Common Market ( Mercosur its acronym in Spanish )

** Warsaw Treaty Organization officially dissolved in accordance with a protocol calling for a “ transition to all-European structures.

** Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.

** The E40: connects Ghent with Bruges and Ostend to the west, and with Brussels, Leuven and Liège to the east.

** Gent-Sint-Pieters Station: an international train station with connections to Bruges, Brussels, Antwerp, Kortrijk, other Belgian towns and Lille.

** Brussels sprouts, the most common meaning of the term in the United Kingdom

** The Belgian royal family returns to Brussels after the war.

** In Brussels, trade talks break fail because of a dispute between the U. S. and the European Union over farm export subsidies.

** Strikers in Aachen, Vienna, and Brussels demand an eight-hour working day and higher wages.

** A Sabena Boeing 707 crashes near Brussels, Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team and several coaches.

** NATO moves its HQ from Paris to Brussels.

** Protesting Belgian farmers bring 3 live cows to crash the EEC meeting in Brussels.

** A Brussels court sentences pretender Alexis Brimeyer to 18 months in jail for falsely using a noble title ; Brimeyer has already fled to Greece.

** In Brussels, Belgium, NATO celebrates its 40th anniversary.

** Peter Paul Rubens begins work on his famous classical tapestries, when a contract is signed in Antwerp with cloth dyers Jan Raes and Frans Sweerts in Brussels, and the rich Genoese merchant Franco Cattaneo.

** Rail transport in Belgium: a railway is opened between Brussels and Mechelen, the first in continental Europe.

** The low popularity of Prince William, the later King William II, who was the representative of King William I in Brussels.

** Université catholique de Louvain, a French-speaking university in Louvain-la-Neuve and in Brussels

** UCL-St .- Luc, academic hospital associated with the university, based in Brussels

** De dichter en zijn droombeeld ( opera in 4 acts, libretto by Hendrik Conscience, premiered on December 2 in Brussels )

** De twee zusters ( opera in 1 act, libretto by P. Geiregat, premiered in Brussels )

** Frans Ackermann ( opera in 4 acts, libretto by N. Destanberg, premièred on October 13, in Brussels )

** Anglo-Allied, commanded by Wellington, cantoned south west Brussels, headquartered at Brussels.

** Prussian Army commanded by Blücher, cantoned south east of Brussels, headquartered at Namur.

** Brussels: Tango is a dark beer with grenadine.

** A. C. de Villermont, Ernest de Mansfeldt ( Brussels, 1866 )