Timeline Tuesday 17 October 1797

Events on Tuesday 17 October 1797 1

• 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.