1798 ⟶ Council of Five Hundred Recommends Exclusion of Left-Wing Election Candidates
May 7: A report to the Council of Five Hundred declares that...
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1795
1798
1799
🗳️ 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
🗳️ Council of Five Hundred Recommends Exclusion of Left-Wing Election Candidates
May 7: A report to the Council of Five Hundred declares that the French elections were irregular, and recommends exclusion of candidates of the far left.⟶
French RevolutionCouncil of Five HundredElectionsPolitical PurgeLeft-WingDirectoryPolitical IntrigueIrregular ElectionsFrance
🗳️ Elections for French Legislative Seats
April 9–18: Elections for one-third of the seats in the French legislature.⟶
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🗳️ Legislative Election Results in Gains for the Left
April 18: 1799 French legislative election results in a major loss for supporters of the government, and a victory for the extreme left.⟶
French RevolutionElectionsLegislative AssemblyPoliticsLeft-wingGovernment OppositionPolitical InstabilityDirectory
🏛️ Council of Five Hundred Passes Hostage Law and Targets Royalists
July 12: The Council of Five Hundred votes a new law on hostages, demands lists of royalists be made in each department, and brings accusations against former members of the Directory with royalist tendencies.⟶
French RevolutionCouncil of Five HundredHostage LawRoyalistsPolitical PurgeDirectoryPolitical IntrigueLegislatureDepartmental ListsGovernment
🏛️ 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.⟶
French RevolutionCouncil of Five HundredDirectoryPolitical IntrigueRoyalistsPost-Thermidorian ReactionPolitical CrisisLegislative BodyVote