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French Directory
The Directory was a body of five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate...
Timeline of Events
1795
10.26.1795
The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created.
11.2.1795
The French Directory succeeds the French National Convention as the government of Revolutionary France.
1799
11.9.1799
Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup d'état of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming one of its three Consuls (Consulate Government).