1799 ⟶ Lucien Bonaparte Elected President of the Council of Five Hundred
October 23: Lucien Bonaparte, younger brother of General Nap...
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🗳️ Robespierre Elected President of the National Convention
August 22: Robespierre is elected the president of the convention.⟶
RobespierreNational ConventionFrench RevolutionLeadershipPoliticsJacobinsCommittee of Public SafetyRevolutionary GovernmentPresidency
🗳️ 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.⟶
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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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🏛️ 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.⟶
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🏛️ 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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🤝 Bonaparte Received by the Directory
October 17: Bonaparte is received by the Directory.⟶
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