1798 ⟶ Treilhard Replaces Neufchâteau in the Directory
May 15: Jean Baptiste Treilhard is elected to the Directory ...
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🗳️ 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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🏛️ 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.⟶
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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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🗳️ Elections for French Legislative Seats
April 9–18: Elections for one-third of the seats in the French legislature.⟶
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