Treaty of Campo Formio
1797 treaty during the War of the First Coalition
Treaty of Campo Formio
The Treaty of Campo Formio was a peace treaty signed on 17 October 1797 between the French First Republic and Habsburg monarchy of Austria which ended the War of the First Coalition. France had been at war with Austria since 20 April 1792, when the French Legislative Assembly voted to declare war, which sparked the War of the First Coalition. Following several years of stalemate and inconclusive fighting along the Franco-Italian border, the French Revolutionary Army, under Divisional-general Napoleon Bonaparte, went on the offensive on 10 April 1796 against Austria and its Italian ally Sardinia. Bonaparte quickly won the lightning Montenotte campaign against Sardinia, which signed a peace treaty with France on 15 May. French commanders proceeded to focus their full attention on driving the Austrians out of Italy, and following several major defeats in Italy and Germany at French hands Austria signed the Peace of Leoben with Bonaparte on 18 April 1797. Subsequent negotiations led to the...
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