# Treaty of Campo Formio (1797)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1797-treaty-of-campo-formio
Location: Campo Formio

Austria accepted major French gains after Napoleon’s Italian victories. Within the broader French Revolution period, The Revolution dismantled legal privilege and absolute monarchy, declared new rights and created a republic. War, popular mobilization, civil conflict and political terror repeatedly transformed the revolutionary state. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is French Directory (Five-man executive). Treaty of Campo Formio mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Treaty of Campo Formio mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems.

Ruler at the time: [French Directory](https://history-france.com/rulers/french-directory)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Treaty of Campo Formio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Treaty+of+Campo+Formio&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Treaty of Campo Formio](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Treaty+of+Campo+Formio)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)