The Peace Negotiations: A Personal Narrative · Chapter 1Chronology

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The Declaration of the Fourteen Points January 18, 1918

Declaration of Four Additional Bases of Peace February 11, 1918

Departure of Colonel House for Paris to represent the President on Supreme War Council October 17, 1918

Signature of Armistice, 5 A.M.; effective, 11 A.M. November 11, 1918

Departure of President and American Commission for France December 4, 1918

Arrival of President and American Commission in Paris December 14, 1918

Meeting of Supreme War Council January 12, 1919

First Plenary Session of Peace Conference January 25, 1919

Plenary Session at which Report on the League of Nations was Submitted February 14, 1919

Departure of President from Paris for United States February 14, 1919

President lands at Boston February 24, 1919

Departure of President from New York for France March 5, 1919

President arrives in Paris March 14, 1919

Organization of Council of Four About March 24, 1919

President's public statement in regard to Fiume April 23, 1919

Adoption of Commission's Report on League of Nations by the Conference April 28, 1919

The Shantung Settlement April 30, 1919

Delivery of the Peace Treaty to the German Plenipotentiaries May 7, 1919

Signing of Treaty of Versailles June 28, 1919

Signing of Treaty of Assistance with France June 28, 1919

Departure of President for the United States June 28, 1919

Departure of Mr. Lansing from Paris for United States July 12, 1919

Hearing of Mr. Lansing before Senate Committee on Foreign Relations August 6, 1919

Conference of Senate Committee on Foreign Relations with the President at the White House August 19, 1919

Hearing of Mr. Bullitt before Senate Committee on Foreign Relations September 12, 1919

Return of President to Washington from tour of West September 28, 1919

Resignation of Mr. Lansing as Secretary of State February 13, 1920

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