What the records say
- When
- 15 Jun 1846
- Kind
- Treaty
- Coordinates
- 38.90° N, 77.04° W
- Description
- 1846 treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States
Placed at the point Wikidata gives for Washington, D.C..
Oregon Treaty
1846 treaty which ended the Oregon boundary dispute between the US and UK
The Oregon Treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States was signed on June 15, 1846, in Washington, D.C. The treaty brought an end to the Oregon boundary dispute by settling competing American and British claims to the Oregon Country through partition. The area had been jointly occupied by both Britain and the U.S. since the Treaty of 1818.
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- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Der Oregon-Kompromiss zwischen Großbritannien und den Vereinigten Staaten schreibt den Grenzverlauf im Westen des amerikanischen Kontinents fest und beendet…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le traité de l'Oregon établit la frontière entre le Canada et les États-Unis au”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Washington D. C., se firma el Tratado de Oregón entre Estados Unidos y Gran Bretaña”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “米英間でオレゴン条約が締結され、北緯49度線を国境としてオレゴン・カントリーを分割(米国がオレゴンを獲得し太平洋岸へ進出)。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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