1799 ⟶ Sieyès Replaces Rewbell in the Directory
May 16: As the result of the system of drawing lots, Rewbell...
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🗳️ Directory: Letourneur Replaced by Barthélemy in Lottery
May 20: A drawing of lots removes the moderate republican Étienne-François Letourneur. He is replaced by the royalist diplomat François Barthélemy on June 6.⟶
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🗳️ Directory Replaces Carnot and Barthélemy with Merlin de Douai and Neufchâteau
September 8: Election of two new republican directors, Merlin de Douai and François de Neufchâteau, to replace Carnot and Barthélemy.⟶
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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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🗳️ Sieyès Replaces Rewbell in the Directory
May 16: As the result of the system of drawing lots, Rewbell leaves the Directory and is replaced by Sieyès, who is seen as a moderate leftist.⟶
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🤝 Bonaparte Received by the Directory
October 17: Bonaparte is received by the Directory.⟶
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🤝 Bonaparte and Sieyès Plan Coup Against the Directory
November 1: Bonaparte meets with Sieyès; the two men dislike each other but agree to a parliamentary coup d'état to replace the Directory.⟶
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