Treaty of Amiens

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bilateral treaty historical event peace treaty

The Treaty of Amiens was a 1802 peace agreement between France and the United Kingdom that temporarily ended hostilities during the French Revolutionary Wars before conflict resumed in the Napoleonic Wars.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Peace of Amiens	1
Peace of Amiens (1802)	1
Treaty of Amiens (1802)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty ⓘ historical event ⓘ peace treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Amiens ⓘ surface form: Peace of Amiens
betweenCountry	French Republic ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
breakdownLedTo	resumption of war between Britain and France in 1803 ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	1802-03-27 ⓘ
concernedTerritory	Batavian Republic colonies ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon Egypt ⓘ Malta ⓘ Spanish colonies in the West Indies ⓘ Trinidad ⓘ
endedConflict	French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
endedOn	1803-05-18 ⓘ
followedEvent	Treaty of Lunéville ⓘ
historicalSignificance	marked the only period of general European peace between 1792 and 1814 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord ⓘ Joseph Bonaparte ⓘ 1st Marquess Cornwallis ⓘ surface form: Marquess Cornwallis
partOf	European diplomatic history ⓘ
precededConflict	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
providedFor	peace between France and the United Kingdom ⓘ
relatedTo	Treaty of Lunéville ⓘ
resultedIn	temporary end of hostilities between France and the United Kingdom ⓘ
signedBy	representatives of the French Republic ⓘ representatives of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
signedIn	Amiens ⓘ
signedInCountry	France ⓘ
signedOn	1802-03-25 ⓘ
signedUnderGovernment	French Consulate ⓘ surface form: Consulate of France
signedUnderLeader	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
stipulated	British retention of Ceylon ⓘ British retention of Trinidad ⓘ evacuation of British forces from most French and Dutch colonies captured during the war ⓘ recognition of French control over territories on the left bank of the Rhine ⓘ recognition of the Cisalpine Republic ⓘ recognition of the French Republic by the United Kingdom ⓘ recognition of the Helvetic Republic ⓘ recognition of the Ligurian Republic ⓘ restoration of Spanish colonies Trinidad excepted ⓘ restoration of the Batavian Republic’s colonies except Ceylon ⓘ return of Malta to the Order of St. John under Neapolitan protection ⓘ return of most colonial conquests to France and its allies ⓘ withdrawal of British forces from Egypt ⓘ
timeBetweenPeaceAndWarResumption	about 14 months ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring	French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ surface form: French Revolutionary era

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Amiens → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Amiens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peace of Amiens

Second Coalition → concludedByTreaty → Treaty of Amiens ⓘ

British Ceylon → establishedByTreaty → Treaty of Amiens ⓘ

War of the Second Coalition → peaceTreaty → Treaty of Amiens ⓘ

Treaty of Lunéville → relatedTo → Treaty of Amiens ⓘ

War of the Second Coalition → result → Treaty of Amiens ⓘ

Batavian Republic → significantEvent → Treaty of Amiens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Amiens (1802)

French Consulate → significantEvent → Treaty of Amiens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peace of Amiens (1802)

French Revolutionary Wars → treaty → Treaty of Amiens ⓘ