1799 ⟶ Council of Five Hundred and Council of the Ancients Replace Directory Member
June 17: The Council of Five Hundred and Council of the Anci...
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🗳️ Elections for the Council of Five Hundred and Council of Ancients Commence
October 12: Beginning of elections to the new chambers of the legislature, the Council of Five Hundred and the Council of Ancients.⟶
French RevolutionLegislatureCouncil of Five HundredCouncil of AncientsElectionsDirectoryPoliticsGovernmentVotingRepresentative bodies
🗳️ Directory Replaces Carnot and Barthélemy with Merlin de Douai and Neufchâteau
September 8: Election of two new republican directors, Merlin de Douai and François de Neufchâteau, to replace Carnot and Barthélemy.⟶
DirectoryFrench RevolutionPoliticsElectionsDirectorsMerlin de DouaiNeufchâteauGovernmentPolitical maneuvering
🗳️ Treilhard Replaces Neufchâteau in the Directory
May 15: Jean Baptiste Treilhard is elected to the Directory in place of François de Neufchâteau.⟶
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🏛️ Council of Five Hundred and Council of the Ancients Replace Directory Member
June 17: The Council of Five Hundred and Council of the Ancients annul the election of Jean Baptiste Treilhard to the Directory and replace him with a leftist member, Louis-Jérôme Gohier.⟶
French RevolutionDirectoryCouncil of Five HundredCouncil of the AncientsPolitical ManeuveringGovernmentLeftistElection AnnulmentGohier
🏛️ Council of Five Hundred Rejects Trial of Former Directory Members
August 18: The Council of Five Hundred decides, by a vote of 217–214, not to arrest and try the former members of the Directory accused of royalist sympathies.⟶
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🏛️ Council of Five Hundred Rejects National Emergency Declaration
September 14: Council of Five Hundred refuses to declare a state of national emergency.⟶
Council of Five HundredDirectoryNational EmergencyPolitical InstabilityFrench RevolutionLegislatureGovernmentRejectionLate Revolution