The Treaty of Campo Formio ended the war of the First Coalition between France and Austria, after Napoleon Bonaparte's campaigns in Italy had brought Austria close to defeat. Austria recognised French control of the Austrian Netherlands and of the left bank of the Rhine, and accepted the creation of French-aligned republics in northern Italy. In return, Austria received most of the territory of the Republic of Venice, which Napoleon had conquered and ended after more than a thousand years of independence. The treaty made Napoleon a hero in France, but it lasted only a short time, since war broke out again in 1799 with the Second Coalition.
Before and after
- July 1797Publication of Poland Is Not Yet Lost
- from 22 July 1797 to 25 July 1797Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- 30 August 1797Birth of Mary Shelley
- 10 September 1797Death of Mary Wollstonecraft
- 18 October 1797Treaty of Campo Formio
- 13 December 1797Birth of Heinrich Heine
- 1798Discovery of beryllium
- 19 January 1798Birth of Auguste Comte
- 26 April 1798Birth of Eugène Delacroix
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