1795 ⟶ Directory Elected: Establishment of Executive Power
October 31: The first Directory is elected by the legislatur...
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🏛️ Directory Elected: Establishment of Executive Power
October 31: The first Directory is elected by the legislature; its members are Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux, Jean-François Rewbell, Étienne-François Letourneur, Paul Barras and Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, who declines to serve and is replaced by Lazare Carnot.⟶
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🏛️ Directory Divided: Internal Power Struggle Erupts
July 16: Conflict within the Directory between Barthélemy and Carnot, favorable to the monarchists, and the three pro-republican directors, Barras, La Révellière-Lépeaux, and Rewbell.⟶
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🗳️ 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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