Peace of Basel
1795 set of treaties during the War of the First Coalition / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Signed | 1795 |
Location | Basel, Old Swiss Confederation |
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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]