Timeline Monday 6 February 1922

Events on Monday 6 February 1922 1

• 1922 Washington Naval Treaty Signed Major powers agree to limit capital ship tonnage The United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy signed the treaty on 6 February 1922 at the Washington Naval Conference, fixing ratios for battleship and aircraft carrier tonnage among the signatories. It was the first arms-control agreement to limit naval construction. It slowed a costly naval arms race for over a decade.