French Revolution and Napoleonic WarsPolitics and state
Coup of 18 Brumaire
General Bonaparte, back from Egypt, overthrew the Directory with the support of some politicians and the army and dispersed the legislative councils. Power passed to three consuls, the first of whom was Bonaparte.
- Date
- 9–10 November 1799exact date · duration: one day
- Place
- Saint-Cloudtoday: Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, France · Western and Central Europe
- Participants
- French First Republic, Napoleon I
- Threads
- French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars
On 18 Brumaire of the Year VIII of the Republic (9 November 1799), the Council of Ancients, citing the threat of a conspiracy, moved the sittings of both councils to suburban Saint-Cloud and gave Bonaparte command of the troops. The next day, when the Council of Five Hundred received the general with hostility, soldiers drove out the deputies.
Most historians regard the coup as the end of the French Revolution: the Consulate it established became a stepping stone to the Empire.
Connections
Consequences
- Coronation of Napoleon2 December 1804 · Western and Central EuropeFrom the Consulate to the Empire
Related events
- French invasion of Egypt and Syria19 May 1798 – 2 September 1801 · Middle East and EgyptBonaparte’s return to France in 1799
Same participants
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Same place
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- Napoleonic Code (French Civil Code)21 March 1804 · Western and Central Europe
- Battle of Paris18 (30) March 1814 – 19 (31) March 1814 · Western and Central Europe
- Hundred Days20 March – 8 July 1815 · Western and Central Europe
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Meanwhile in the world
Other regions, within 5 years of this event
Eastern Europe
- Assassination of Paul I12 (24) March 1801
- Death of Catherine the Great6 (17) November 1796
- Third Partition of Poland13 (24) October 1795
- First Russian circumnavigation26 July (7 August) 1803 – 7 (19) August 1806
Balkans and Anatolia
- Siege and capture of Corfu24 October (4 November) 1798 – 20 February (3 March) 1799
- First Serbian Uprising14 February 1804 – 7 October 1813
Middle East and Egypt
- French invasion of Egypt and Syria19 May 1798 – 2 September 1801
- Battle of the Nile1–3 August 1798
- Battle of the Pyramids21 July 1798
Africa
- Mungo Park’s first expedition to the Niger2 December 1795 – 10 June 1797
- Jihad of Usman dan Fodio21 February 1804 – 1808
Central and Northern Asia
- Syrym Datuly’s uprising1783–1797
South Asia
- Fall of Seringapatam and death of Tipu Sultan5 April – 4 May 1799
- Ranjit Singh proclaimed Maharaja of the Punjab12 April 1801
- Battle of Assaye23 September 1803
East Asia
- White Lotus Rebellionbetween 1794 and 1796 – 1804
- Catholic persecution of 1801 in Korea22 February – 10 December 1801
- Abdication of the Qianlong Emperor9 February 1796
- Rezanov’s embassy to Japan26 September (8 October) 1804 – April 1805
Southeast Asia and Oceania
North America
- Louisiana Purchase30 April – 20 December 1803
- Lewis and Clark Expedition14 May 1804 – 23 September 1806
Latin America
- Haitian Revolutionbetween 21 August and 22 August 1791 – 1 January 1804
- Haitian Declaration of Independence1 January 1804
- Balmis Expedition30 November 1803 – 14 August 1806
The same period
Sources
- Wikipedia (English): Coup of 18 Brumaire
- Wikipedia (Russian): Переворот 18 брюмера
- Тарле Е. В. Наполеон. — М., 1936.
- Wikidata: Q620965