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Treaty of Amiens

1802 · 19th century · Also known as Peace of Amiens · Part of the French Revolutionary Wars

The Treaty of Amiens, signed in March 1802 between France and Britain, with Spain and the Batavian Republic, briefly ended the French Revolutionary Wars. Britain returned most of its conquests but kept Trinidad, taken from Spain, and the former Dutch possessions on Ceylon. The peace collapsed in May 1803, when Britain declared war again, opening the Napoleonic Wars.

Treaty of Amiens
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