The Treaty of Campo Formio, signed on 17 October 1797 by Napoleon Bonaparte for France and representatives of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy, ended the War of the First Coalition. Austria ceded the Austrian Netherlands to France and recognized French-dominated republics in Italy and the Rhineland, while the ancient Republic of Venice was dissolved and partitioned between France and Austria. The treaty confirmed Napoleon's rise as the dominant figure shaping the settlement of revolutionary-era Europe.
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Document Type Creation Year Origin PlaceCampoformido, Republic of Venice 1 Original Language Document Type
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What happened to the Republic of Venice under the Treaty of Campo Formio?
Venice was dissolved and its mainland territories passed to Austria.
The treaty of 17 October 1797 ended the thousand-year history of the Republic of Venice. Under the agreement between the French and the Austrians, Austria received the Veneto, Friuli, Istria and Dalmatia, which became the Venetian Province of the Austrian Empire. In return France obtained Lombardy and Belgium and a retreat of the German borders as far as the Rhine.
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1797 treaty during the War of the First Coalition
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The Treaty of Campo Formio (today Campoformido) was signed on 17 October 1797 (26 Vendémiaire VI) by Napoleon Bonaparte and Count Philipp von Cobenzl as representatives of the French Republic and the Austrian monarchy, respectively.
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Location Campoformido, Republic of Venice
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Language French
In Era: The Late Modern Period, lead paragraph and infobox, date
The treaty followed the armistice of Leoben (18 April 1797), which had been forced on the Habsburgs by Napoleon's victorious campaign in Italy.
In Group: Peace Treaties and Territorial Settlements of the Age of Revolution and Napoleon, 1700 to 1814, Lead
The Treaty of Campo Formio (today Campoformido) was signed on 17 October 1797 (26 Vendémiaire VI) by Napoleon Bonaparte and Count Philipp von Cobenzl as representatives of the French Republic and the Austrian monarchy, respectively.
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