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Campo Formio

American  
[kahm-paw fawr-myaw] / ˈkɑm pɔ ˈfɔr mjɔ /

noun

  1. a village in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in NE Italy, NW of Trieste: treaty between Austria and France 1797.


Campo Formio British  
/ ˈkampo ˈfɔrmjo /

noun

  1. Modern name: Campoformido.  a village in NE Italy, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia: scene of the signing of a treaty in 1797 that ended the war between revolutionary France and Austria

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According to the terms of the peace of Campo Formio, the Republic was divided between France and Austria and the Ionian isles went to France.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cobenzel later negotiated with Napoleon, then only a general, in his apartments at Campo Formio, for peace between Austria and France.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the treaty of Campo Formio was signed in 1797, Napoleon had won fourteen battles, and had subjugated Italy.

From A Short History of Germany by Parmele, Mary Platt

I have the honor to deliver to you the treaty signed at Campo Formio, and ratified by the emperor.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various

The successes of Napoleon Bonaparte in the Italian campaigns of 1797 and 1798 led to the peace of Cherasco with Sardinia, 933 and the peace of Campo Formio with Austria.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

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