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The Peace of Basel of 1795 consists of three peace treaties involving France during the French Revolution (represented by François de Barthélemy). [1] The first was with Prussia (represented by Karl August von Hardenberg) on 5 April; [2] The second was with Spain (represented by Domingo d'Yriarte) on 22 July, ending the War of the Pyrenees; and
The Peace of Basel ended the war on 22 July 1795, with Moncey close on the gates of Pamplona, the Basques fearing abolition of their self-government and Spanish Prime Minister Manuel Godoy panicking at the prospect of the still-autonomous Basque region switching allegiances to France and detaching from Spain.
With the Netherlands falling, Prussia also decided to leave the coalition, signing the Peace of Basel on 6 April, ceding the west bank of the Rhine to France. [2] This freed Prussia to finish the occupation of Poland. The French army in Spain advanced, advancing in Catalonia while taking Bilbao and Vitoria and marching toward Castile.
Even before the close of 1794 Prussia retired from any active part in the war, and on 5 April 1795 King Frederick William II concluded with France the Peace of Basel, which recognized France's occupation of the left bank of the Rhine. The new French-dominated Dutch government bought peace by surrendering Dutch territory to the south of that river.
Treaty of Basel (1499) Peace of Basel (1795) The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (1989)
17 February – Peace made with Chouans after their defeat. 13–14 March – Battle of Genoa, British-Neapolitan victory over French fleet. 5 April – The Peace of Basel is signed, between France and Prussia. 7 April – France adopts the metre as the unit of length.
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At the 1795 Peace of Basel, all of the Left Bank of the Rhine was taken by France. Its population was about 1.6 million and was divided into numerous small states. In 1806, all of the Rhenish princes joined the Confederation of the Rhine, a puppet state of Napoleon. France took direct control of the Rhineland until 1814 and radically and ...