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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 treaty of Campo Formio exhibited both the strength and the perfidy of Bonaparte, especially in reference to Venice, which was disgracefully despoiled to pay the expenses of the Italian wars.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John

The war was continued by Austria, but her power was so effectually shattered by blow after blow that in 1797 she was forced to conclude the peace of Campo Formio.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 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 Green, John Richard

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