 Map shows Central Europe after the Peace of Basel and the Treaty of Campo Formio. | |
| Context |
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|---|---|
| Signed | 1795 |
| Location | Basel, Old Swiss Confederation |
| Signatories | |
The Peace of Basel of 1795 consists of three peace treaties involving France during the French Revolution (represented by François de Barthélemy).[1]
- The first was with Prussia (represented by Karl August von Hardenberg) on 5 April;[2]
- The second was with Spain (represented by Domingo d'Yriarte) on 22 July, ending the War of the Pyrenees; and
- The third was with the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (represented by Friedrich Sigismund Waitz von Eschen) on 28 August, concluding the stage of the French Revolutionary Wars against the First Coalition.[1]
With great diplomatic cunning, the treaties enabled France to placate and divide its enemies of the First Coalition, one by one. Thereafter, Revolutionary France emerged as a major European power.[3]
- ^ a b Jorio 2002.
- ^ Engels 1936.
- ^ Furet & Ozouf 1989, pp. 151–154.