Timeline October 1797

Events in October 1797 2

• 1797 XYZ Affair Diplomatic scandal poisons relations between the US and France American envoys sent to negotiate with France were allegedly solicited for bribes by French officials, an episode that became known as the XYZ Affair when published. The scandal inflamed anti-French sentiment in the United States and pushed the two nations toward an undeclared "Quasi-War" at sea. It also strengthened the Federalist Party domestically.
• 1797 Treaty of Campo Formio France and Austria end the War of the First Coalition Napoleon Bonaparte, acting largely on his own authority, concluded a peace treaty with Austria at Campo Formio, ending the War of the First Coalition. Austria ceded the Austrian Netherlands and recognized French control of the Rhineland and northern Italy, while receiving Venice in compensation. The treaty left France dominant on the European continent until war resumed in 1798.