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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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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

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

The Directory, very jealous of Napoleon's popularity, yet impelled by the voice of the people, now prepared a triumphal festival for the delivery of the treaty of Campo Formio.

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

The treaties of Basle and Campo Formio were far from being accepted by the Directory as a final settlement of the relations of France with Europe.

From History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 by John Richard Green

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