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1814 January 14: Treaty of Kiel, between Great Britain, Sweden, and Denmark. Norway ceded to Sweden.

1814 February 5: The Cortes of Spain renounce the treaty ratified at Valençay. 1814 February 5: Congress of Chatillon between the four great powers allied against France, at which Caulaincourt attended on the part of France. The Congress broke up on the 19th of March.

1814 March 1: Treaty of Chaumont between Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia.

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1814 May 30: Peace of Paris ratified between France and the Allied Powers, in a supplemental article of which Louis XVIII. stipulated that he would exert his endeavours with the continental powers to ensure the abolition of the slave trade, in conjunction with Great Britain.

1814 July 20: A treaty of peace signed between France and Spain at Paris, confirming the stipulations of previous treaties which had existed on the 1st of January, 1792.

1814 July 26: Norway and Sweden commence hostilities. Norway opposing her separation from Denmark, but eventually submitting in the following August.

1814 August 13: Convention between Great Britain and the Sovereign Prince of the Low Countries respecting the Dutch colonies.

1814 September 28: A convention ratified at Vienna, whereby Saxony was placed under the control of Prussia.

1814 December 24: Peace of Ghent between Great Britain and the United States of America.

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