Paris, Treaty of, name of several important treaties signed at or near Paris. The treaty of 1763 ended the Seven Years' War in Europe and the New World. For the issues and military engagements involved and for the provisions of the treaty, see French and Indian War; Seven Years' War. The Treaty of Paris signed in 1783 by Great Britain and the United States concluded the American Revolution.

From 1799 to 1815 France, under Napoleon I, waged a series of wars against various European nations. In 1814 Napoleon was defeated and forced to abdicate. The Treaty of Paris signed in 1814 was lenient for the defeated nation. Napoleon returned to France in 1815, in an attempt to regain power. Defeated at the Battle of Waterloo, he abdicated a second time. A new peace treaty in 1815 reduced the boundaries of France and imposed war damages. The treaty of 1856 ended the Crimean War, a conflict between the Ottoman Empire—supported by Britain, France, and Sardinia—and Russia. The treaty of 1898 ended the Spanish-American War.