CAMPO FORMIO, TREATY OF


Meaning of CAMPO FORMIO, TREATY OF in English

(Oct. 17, 1797) Peace settlement between France and Austria, signed at Campo Formio (now Campoformido, Italy) following Austria's defeat in Napoleon 's first Italian campaign.

The treaty preserved most of the French conquests and completed Napoleon's victory over the First Coalition, the group of European nations opposing him. See also French Revolutionary Wars .

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