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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Label Occurrences
Coup of 18 Brumaire canonical 36
18 Brumaire coup 1
Brumaire 1

Statements (49)

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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Referenced by (43)

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French Revolution → keyEvent → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
French Revolution → endEvent → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
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
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French Directory → endEvent → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
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Jean Moreau (as military supporter) → participatedIn → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
subject surface form: Jean Moreau
Paul Barras (initially) → participatedIn → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul Barras
Constitution of the Year VIII → relatedEvent → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
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Saint-Cloud → historicalEvent → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
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Directory (France) → significantEvent → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
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French Republican Calendar → monthName2 → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brumaire
President of the Council of Five Hundred → dissolvedFollowing → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII → followedBy → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
First Consul of France → createdByEvent → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
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subject surface form: Paul Barras
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subject surface form: French Directory
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subject surface form: French Directory
Roger Ducos → participatedIn → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
Napoleonic institutions → significantEvent → Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: coup of 18 Brumaire
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subject surface form: Palace of Saint-Cloud