1799 ⟶ Council of Five Hundred Rejects Trial of Former Directory Members
August 18: The Council of Five Hundred decides, by a vote of...
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1798
1799
🗳️ 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
🏛️ 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
🏛️ 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.⟶
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🏛️ Directory Members Forced Out in Coup of 30 Prairial
June 18–19: Two royalist members of the Directory, Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai and La Révellière-Lépeaux, are forced to resign, under threat of being brought to trial by the Councils. They are replaced by two moderate leftists, Roger Ducos, and Jean-François-Auguste Moulin. (Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII )⟶
French RevolutionDirectoryCoupPolitical PurgeGovernmentRoyalistsLeftistsPolitical InstabilityPower Struggle
🏛️ 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
🏛️ Lucien Bonaparte Elected President of the Council of Five Hundred
October 23: Lucien Bonaparte, younger brother of General Napoléon Bonaparte, is elected President of the Council of Five Hundred.⟶
French RevolutionPoliticsLegislative BodyCouncil of Five HundredLucien BonaparteNapoleonic EraPower StruggleDirectory