Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII

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The Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII was a 1799 political upheaval in revolutionary France in which opposition forces in the legislature forced the resignation of several Directors, significantly weakening the Directory regime shortly before Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power.

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Coup of 30 Prairial 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the French Revolution
political coup
political crisis
alsoKnownAs 30 Prairial coup
Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
surface form: Coup of 30 Prairial
calendarSystemUsed French Republican Calendar
cause growing distrust of the Directory by the legislature
perception of corruption and incompetence in the Directory
pressure from radical and moderate republican deputies
chronologicalPosition late phase of the French Revolution
shortly before the Coup of 18 Brumaire
country French Republic
date 18 June 1799
dateInFrenchRepublicanCalendar 30 Prairial Year VII
directorForcedToResign Jean-François Reubell
Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux
Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai
directorWhoRemained Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès
Paul Barras (initially)
surface form: Paul Barras
era French Revolutionary Wars
followedBy Coup of 18 Brumaire
governmentOverthrown French Directory
impactOnGovernment erosion of executive authority in France
reconfiguration of the Directory’s composition
languageOfName French
legislativeBodyInvolved Council of Ancients
Council of Five Hundred (faction)
surface form: Council of Five Hundred
location France
Paris
newDirectorAppointed Jean-François-Auguste Moulin
Louis-Jérôme Gohier
Roger Ducos
oppositionForces neo-Jacobin deputies
republican opposition in the legislature
partOf French Revolution
crisis of the French Directory
politicalContext War of the Second Coalition
military setbacks of the French Republic in 1799
precededBy Coup of 18 Fructidor
relatedTo rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
result political instability in the French Directory
resignation of several Directors
strengthening of legislative power over the executive
weakening of the Directory regime
significance contributed to the fall of the Directory
paved the way for Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power
yearInGregorianCalendar 1799

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Directory notableEvent Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
French Directory notableEvent Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
Directory (France) significantEvent Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII alsoKnownAs Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
this entity surface form: Coup of 30 Prairial
Directory (collective) notableEvent Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
this entity surface form: Coup of 30 Prairial
Legislative assemblies of the French Directory relatedEvent Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
Director (French Directory) significantEvent Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
subject surface form: French Directory