Treaty of Fontainebleau

When

3 Nov 1762

Kind

Treaty

Coordinates

48.41° N, 2.70° E

Description

act of cession of Louisiana by France to Spain, signed in 1762

1762 treaty ceding Louisiana from France to Spain

The Treaty of Fontainebleau, signed on November 3, 1762, was a secret agreement of 1762 in which the Kingdom of France ceded Louisiana to Spain. The treaty followed the last battle in the French and Indian War in North America, the Battle of Signal Hill in September 1762, which confirmed British control of Canada. In Europe, the associated Seven Years' War continued to rage.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In the Treaty of Fontainebleau, Louis XV secretly cedes Louisiana (New France) to Charles III of Spain to compensate his ally for territorial losses to Britain”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “traité de Fontainebleau ; la France cède la Louisiane à l'Espagne pour lutter contre l’hégémonie britannique dans la région”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Договор в Фонтенбло”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “تنازل لويس الخامس عشر ملك فرنسا سراً عن مقاطعة لويزيانا لكارلوس الثالث ملك إسبانيا في معاهدة فونتينوبلو”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “七年戦争：秘密条約であるフォンテーヌブロー条約が締結され、フランス王ルイ15世がフランス領ルイジアナをスペインに割譲。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page