9 November 1799: Napoleon Bonaparte took the power in France
On 10 November 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte became the First Consul of France.
The First Consul of France was the top-level Government of France, which was
established after the fall of the Directory.
On 9 November 1799, the Coup of 18 Brumaire took place. Then Napoleon
Bonaparte gained the power after a bloodless Coup d'état.
What preceded
French military disasters in 1798 and 1799 had shaken the Directory, and
eventually shattered it in November 1799.
eventually shattered it in November 1799.
On the morning of 18 Brumaire, Lucien Bonaparte falsely persuaded the
Councils that a Jacobin coup was at hand in Paris. Napoleon was charged
with the safety of the two Councils and given command of all available
local troops.
Councils that a Jacobin coup was at hand in Paris. Napoleon was charged
with the safety of the two Councils and given command of all available
local troops.
Later that morning, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès and Roger Ducos
resigned as Directors. The now former 1797–1799 2nd
Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord,
a close ally of Napoleon, pressured Director Paul Barras to do the same.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord,
a close ally of Napoleon, pressured Director Paul Barras to do the same.
The resignation of three of the five Directors on day one of the coup
prevented a quorum and thus practically abolished the five-man Directory,
but the two Jacobin Directors, Louis-Jérôme Gohier and
Jean-François-Auguste Moulin, continued to protest furiously.
Both men were arrested on day two by Napoleon's ally
General Jean Victor Marie Moreau, and by the following day,
they were compelled to give up their resistance.
prevented a quorum and thus practically abolished the five-man Directory,
but the two Jacobin Directors, Louis-Jérôme Gohier and
Jean-François-Auguste Moulin, continued to protest furiously.
Both men were arrested on day two by Napoleon's ally
General Jean Victor Marie Moreau, and by the following day,
they were compelled to give up their resistance.
Napoleon seized French parliamentary and military power in a
two-fold coup d'état, forcing the sitting directors of the
government to resign. On the night of the
19 Brumaire (10 November 1799) a remnant of the Council of Ancients
abolished the Constitution of the Year III, ordained
the consulate, and legalised the coup d'Etat in favour of Bonaparte with
the Constitution of the Year VIII.
two-fold coup d'état, forcing the sitting directors of the
government to resign. On the night of the
19 Brumaire (10 November 1799) a remnant of the Council of Ancients
abolished the Constitution of the Year III, ordained
the consulate, and legalised the coup d'Etat in favour of Bonaparte with
the Constitution of the Year VIII.
10 November 1799 marked thus the start of the power of Napoleon Bonaparte.
A reign which would have lasted until 1815.
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