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TREATY OF BASEL
APRIL 5, 1795
The Treaty of Basel, or Peace of Basel,
was concluded between the king of Prussia, Frederick William II,
and France.
It is also called the First Treaty of
Basel. The Second Treaty of Basel was signed on July 22,
1795, between Spain and France.
By means of this First Treaty of Basel,
a defeated Prussia ended its engagement in the
War of the First
Coalition and ceded the territory left of the Rhine River to France.
Two years later, on October 17, 1797,
another member of the First Coalition, Austria, caved in and signed
the Treaty of Campo
Formio with France. This marked the end of the War of the
First Coalition.
Napoleon won. The First Coalition lost.
The War of the First Coalition was a
chapter in the
French Revolutionary Wars.
Here is more about the
Coalitions against
France.
And here are the maps
Central
Europe after the Peace of Basel (1795)
and of
Campo Formio (1797)
1648-1795 Prussia
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