Coup of 18 Brumaire

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coup d'état historical event political event

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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18 Brumaire coup 1
Brumaire 1
Coup d'État of 18 Brumaire 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coup d'état ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
surface form: 18 Brumaire coup

Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
surface form: Coup d'État of 18 Brumaire

Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
surface form: Coup of 18 Brumaire, 1799

Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
surface form: Coup of 18 Brumaire, Year VIII
date 1799-11-09 ⓘ
1799-11-10 ⓘ
ended Directory ⓘ
surface form: Directory regime
followedBy Napoleon's coronation as Emperor in 1804 (long-term) ⓘ
Napoleon's rise to de facto dictatorship ⓘ
Napoleonic era ⓘ
surface form: Napoleonic Consulate
FrenchRepublicanCalendarDate 18 Brumaire Year VIII ⓘ
historicalSignificance considered a model of a modern military-backed coup d'état ⓘ
marked transition from revolutionary government to authoritarian rule under Napoleon ⓘ
involvedInstitution Council of Ancients ⓘ
Council of Five Hundred (faction) ⓘ
surface form: Council of Five Hundred

French Directory ⓘ
keyFigure Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès ⓘ
Jean Moreau (as military supporter) ⓘ
Lucien Bonaparte ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
Paul Barras (initially) ⓘ
surface form: Paul Barras

Pierre-Roger Ducos ⓘ
ledBy Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
legalInstrument French Constitution of 1802 ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Year VIII
location France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
opposedBy Council of Five Hundred (faction) ⓘ
some Jacobin deputies ⓘ
organizedBy Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès ⓘ
Pierre-Roger Ducos ⓘ
overthrew French Directory ⓘ
partOf French Revolution ⓘ
surface form: French Revolutionary era
precededBy Second Coalition ⓘ
surface form: War of the Second Coalition (context)

political instability of the Directory ⓘ
removedFromOffice French Directory ⓘ
surface form: Directors of the French Directory
resultedIn Napoleon Bonaparte becoming First Consul of France ⓘ
adoption of the Constitution of Year VIII ⓘ
consolidation of executive power in France ⓘ
end of the French Revolution (conventional date) ⓘ
establishment of the Consulate ⓘ
suspension of the Constitution of Year III ⓘ
supportedBy French Army ⓘ
Paul Barras (initially) ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Palais du Luxembourg ⓘ
Saint-Cloud ⓘ
Tuileries Palace ⓘ

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Coup of 18 Brumaire → alsoKnownAs → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coup of 18 Brumaire, Year VIII
Coup of 18 Brumaire → alsoKnownAs → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coup of 18 Brumaire, 1799
Coup of 18 Brumaire → alsoKnownAs → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: 18 Brumaire coup
Coup of 18 Brumaire → alsoKnownAs → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coup d'État of 18 Brumaire
Third Consul → associatedWithEvent → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte → cameToPowerThrough → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
Directory (France) → dissolutionBy → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coup of 18 Brumaire and creation of the Consulate
French Directory → endEvent → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
French Revolution → endEvent → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
French First Republic → event → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
Directory → fellFromPowerIn → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
Directory (France) → followedByEvent → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
Saint-Cloud → historicalEvent → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
French Revolution → keyEvent → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
French Republican Calendar → monthName2 → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brumaire
Council of Five Hundred (faction) → opposedTo → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
subject surface form: Jean Moreau
Lucien Bonaparte → participatedIn → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
Paul Barras (initially) → participatedIn → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul Barras
Pierre-Roger Ducos → participatedIn → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
Constitution of the Year VIII → relatedEvent → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
Constitution of the Year VIII → resultOf → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
Directory (France) → significantEvent → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
French Consulate → significantEvent → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
Napoleonic era → significantEvent → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ