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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).