The Treaty of Amiens was a peace agreement between Britain and France, along with Spain and the Batavian Republic, which ended the War of the Second Coalition and brought a pause in the French Revolutionary Wars. Britain gave back most of the colonies it had captured, keeping Ceylon and Trinidad, while France agreed to evacuate territories such as Egypt and southern Italy. It was greeted with great relief and celebration in both countries. However, neither side fully carried out its terms, and disputes over Malta, French expansion in Europe and the ambitions of Napoleon Bonaparte soon grew. Britain declared war again, bringing the brief peace to an end and opening the Napoleonic Wars.
Before and after
- from 13 June 1801 to 14 July 1801Algeciras Campaign
- 6 July 1801First Battle of Algeciras
- 1802Discovery of tantalum
- 16 March 1802Construction of United States Military Academy
- 25 March 1802Treaty of Amiens
- 24 July 1802Birth of Alexandre Dumas
- 1803Discovery of rhodium
- 1803Discovery of palladium
- from 1803 to 1815Napoleonic Wars
More in Wars, politics & history
- 4 July 1776United States Declaration of Independence
- 1815Congress of Vienna
- from October 1853 to February 1856Crimean War
- from 19 July 1870 to 28 January 1871Franco-Prussian War
- from 1885 to 1914Scramble for Africa
- from 8 February 1904 to 5 September 1905Russo-Japanese War
The era
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