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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII canonical | 6 |
| Coup of 30 Prairial | 2 |
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Target entity: Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII Context triple: [Directory, notableEvent, Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII]
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A.
Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI
The Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI was a political purge during the French Directory in 1798, in which the government annulled election results to remove a surge of radical and opposition deputies from the legislature.
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B.
Coup of 18 Fructidor
The Coup of 18 Fructidor was a decisive 1797 purge by France’s Directory that crushed royalist influence, annulled recent elections, and marked a turn toward more authoritarian republican rule.
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C.
Coup of 18 Brumaire
The Coup of 18 Brumaire was the 1799 seizure of power in France that overthrew the Directory and paved the way for Napoleon Bonaparte’s rule as First Consul.
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D.
Storming of the Tuileries Palace
The Storming of the Tuileries Palace was a pivotal insurrection on 10 August 1792 during the French Revolution, in which revolutionaries overran the royal residence in Paris and effectively ended King Louis XVI’s constitutional monarchy.
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E.
May Coup d'État
The May Coup d'État was a 1926 military takeover in Poland led by Józef Piłsudski that overthrew the democratic government and established a more authoritarian regime.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII Target entity description: 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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A.
Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI
The Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI was a political purge during the French Directory in 1798, in which the government annulled election results to remove a surge of radical and opposition deputies from the legislature.
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B.
Coup of 18 Fructidor
The Coup of 18 Fructidor was a decisive 1797 purge by France’s Directory that crushed royalist influence, annulled recent elections, and marked a turn toward more authoritarian republican rule.
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C.
Coup of 18 Brumaire
The Coup of 18 Brumaire was the 1799 seizure of power in France that overthrew the Directory and paved the way for Napoleon Bonaparte’s rule as First Consul.
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D.
Storming of the Tuileries Palace
The Storming of the Tuileries Palace was a pivotal insurrection on 10 August 1792 during the French Revolution, in which revolutionaries overran the royal residence in Paris and effectively ended King Louis XVI’s constitutional monarchy.
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E.
May Coup d'État
The May Coup d'État was a 1926 military takeover in Poland led by Józef Piłsudski that overthrew the democratic government and established a more authoritarian regime.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event in the French Revolution
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political coup ⓘ political crisis ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
30 Prairial coup
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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
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perception of corruption and incompetence in the Directory ⓘ pressure from radical and moderate republican deputies ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition |
late phase of the French Revolution
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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
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Council of Five Hundred (faction) ⓘ
surface form:
Council of Five Hundred
|
| location |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| newDirectorAppointed |
Jean-François-Auguste Moulin
ⓘ
Louis-Jérôme Gohier ⓘ Roger Ducos ⓘ |
| oppositionForces |
neo-Jacobin deputies
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republican opposition in the legislature ⓘ |
| partOf |
French Revolution
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crisis of the French Directory ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
War of the Second Coalition
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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
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resignation of several Directors ⓘ strengthening of legislative power over the executive ⓘ weakening of the Directory regime ⓘ |
| significance |
contributed to the fall of the Directory
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paved the way for Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power ⓘ |
| yearInGregorianCalendar | 1799 ⓘ |
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Subject: Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII Description of subject: 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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