Peace of Basel

See Treaty of Basel for the 1499 treaty.

The Peace of Basel of 1795 consists of three peace treaties involving France (represented by François de Barthélemy).

• The first of the three treaties of 1795, (First treaty of Basel) France made peace with Prussia (represented by Karl August von Hardenberg) on 5 April;
• The Second was with Spain (represented by Domingo d'Yriarte) on 22 July, ending the War of the Pyrenees; and
• The third was with Hessen-Kassel (Hesse-Cassel) (represented by Friedrich Sigismund Waitz von Eschen) on 28 August, concluding the stage of the French Revolutionary Wars against the First Coalition.

Impact

The effect was the emergence of revolutionary France as a major European power.

The 5 April 1795 agreement between France had been under discussion since 1794. Prussia withdrew from the coalition that was working on the impending partition of Poland, and where appropriate, withdrew troops against Austria and Russia that were at their disposal. (see also the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars) In secret Prussia recognized French control of the west bank of Rhine, pending a cession by the Imperial Diet,...
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