Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the French Directorie (the French government) in 1799; he had been active in the French Revolution and its associated wars. Calling himself Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815.
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The legitimate Constitutional Government of the Directory.
The French Directory had five members.
The French Revolution produced a form of aggressively secular (non-religious) republicanism that quickly led to extreme violence. As in later revolutions, a period of murder and civil war then ran its course, leaving an unstable authoritarian government. This was overthrown by Napoleon's coup d'etat of 1799, which saw him become First Consul and then Emperor in 1804 - dictator in all but name.
Planter and landowner, surveyor and distiller, military officer.
The Constitutional government called the Directory.
The Directory of the French Revolution was established in 1795 and then overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799.
The Directory of the French Revolution was established in 1795 and then overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799.
The legitimate Constitutional Government of the Directory.
Military Attache or Liaison Officer.
Political Military Economic Legislative
The Directory was a five-member committee which governed France from 1795, when it replaced the Committee of Public Safety, until it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire (8-9 November 1799) and replaced by the French Consulate. It gave its name to the final four years of the French Revolution.
French Directory ended in 1799.
French Directory was created in 1795.
The French Directory had five members.
The military officer or political leader in the French and Indian war.
The French Revolution produced a form of aggressively secular (non-religious) republicanism that quickly led to extreme violence. As in later revolutions, a period of murder and civil war then ran its course, leaving an unstable authoritarian government. This was overthrown by Napoleon's coup d'etat of 1799, which saw him become First Consul and then Emperor in 1804 - dictator in all but name.
He was trained as an artillery officer and served in the French Army.