1797 ⟶ Coup d'état of 18 Fructidor: Directory Purges Royalist Deputies

September 4: Coup d'état of 18 Fructidor against the royalis...
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🏛️ Coup d'état of 18 Fructidor: Directory Purges Royalist Deputies

September 4: Coup d'état of 18 Fructidor against the royalists in the legislature. Augereau arrests Barthélemy, Pichegru, and the leading royalist deputies.⟶
Coup d'état of 18 Fructidor: Directory Purges Royalist Deputies (1797)
French RevolutionDirectoryCoup d'étatPolitical PurgeRoyalistsBarthélemyPichegruAugereauLegislatureInstability

🗳️ Elections Yield Royalist Gains in the Legislature

April 18: Results of partial elections for the legislature. 205 of the 216 deputies running are defeated, and many are replaced by royalists.⟶
French RevolutionLegislatureElectionsRoyalistsPolitical InstabilityDirectoryCounter-RevolutionPolitical Power

🏛️ Royalist Control of French Legislature

May 20: New session of the French legislature begins. The royalist Pichegru is chosen president of the Council of Five Hundred, and another royalist, François Barbé-Marbois becomes president of the Council of Ancients.⟶
Royalist Control of French Legislature (1797)
French RevolutionDirectoryLegislatureCouncil of Five HundredCouncil of AncientsRoyalistsPoliticsElectionsPichegruBarbé-Marbois

⚔️ Bonaparte Deploys Augereau to Paris for Coup Support

July 27: Bonaparte sends General Augereau to Paris as military commander of the city, to support a coup d'état against the royalists.⟶
Bonaparte Deploys Augereau to Paris for Coup Support (1797)
BonaparteCoup d'étatMilitary InterventionAugereauParisDirectoryRoyalistsFrench ArmyPolitical Violence

🏛️ 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 )⟶
Directory Members Forced Out in Coup of 30 Prairial (1799)
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