Treaty of Amiens

Treaty of Amiens, peace treaty signed on March 27, 1802, between Britain on one side and France, Spain, and the Batavian Republic on the other. This treaty finally ended the War of the Second Coalition, one of the Napoleonic Wars, already partly brought to a close by the Peace of Lunéville in 1801. By the terms of the Treaty of Amiens, Britain was to surrender to France and the French allies all British conquests except Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and Trinidad. France agreed to evacuate Egypt, Naples, and the Papal States. Among the territories Britain was to give up were the Cape of Good Hope Colony (to the Batavian Republic) and Malta (to the Order of the Knights of Malta). None of the treaty provisions was fully observed, and hostilities resumed in 1803.