Strasbourg Agreement (1675) 3471321 196361366 2008-03-06T20:22:20Z Ardfern 170952 cat added The '''Strasbourg Agreement''' of [[1675]] is the first international agreement banning the use of [[chemical weapon]]s. The treaty was signed between [[France]] and the [[Holy Roman Empire]], and was created in response to the use of poisoned [[bullet]]s. The treaty was signed on [[August 27]], [[1675]]. The next major agreement on chemical weapons did not occur until the [[1925]] [[Geneva Protocol]]. ==See also== * 1874 Brussels conference (no accord, but recommended banning the use of poisonous or poisoned weapons) * Hague Declaration of 1899 (outlawing "the use of projectiles the sole object of which is the diffusion of asphyxiating or deleterious gases.") * 1919 Treaty of Versailles ==References== *[http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/arms/chem_bio3-en.asp "Chemical Weapons and the Chemical Weapons Convention"] * Robin Clarke, We all Fall Down: The Prospect of Biological and Chemical Warfare (London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press), 1968. * Seymour M. Hersh, Chemical and Biological Weapons: America's Hidden Arsenal (Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company), 1968. {{Euro-hist-stub}} {{mil-hist-stub}} {{weapon-stub}} [[Category:1675 in law]] [[Category:Treaties of France]] [[Category:Treaties of the Holy Roman Empire]] [[Category:Chemical warfare]] [[Category:1675 in France]]