1799 ⟶ Consulate of the Year VIII Established
December 24: The Councils, now firmly under the control of B...
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📜 Constitution of the Year III Established
August 22: Constitution of the Year III (Constitution de l'An III), the new Constitution, is adopted by the convention. It calls for an upper and lower house of the parliament, on the American and British models, and an executive Directory of five members. According to the terms of the Constitution, two-thirds of the deputies of the new Assembly are former deputies of the convention.⟶
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🏛️ Consulate of the Year VIII Established
December 24: The Councils, now firmly under the control of Bonaparte, adopt the Constitution of the Year VIII. The new Consulate is formally established, with Bonaparte as First Consul, Cambacérès as Second Consul, and Charles-François Lebrun as Third Consul. Traditional histories mark this date as the end of the French Revolution . ⟶
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🏛️ Consulate Established: Bonaparte and Provisional Government Formed
November 11–22: Bonaparte and the two other Provisional Consuls form a new government, Berthier as minister of War, Talleyrand in charge of foreign relations, Fouché as minister of Police, and Cambacérès as minister of Justice.⟶
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📜 Bonaparte Dismisses Sieyès' Constitution
December 1: Bonaparte rejects a constitution proposed by Sieyès.⟶
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