Coup of 18 Fructidor

When

4 Sep 1797

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

48.86° N, 2.35° E

Description

coup d'état

1797 seizure of power in France

The Coup of 18 Fructidor, Year V, was a seizure of power in France by members of the Directory, then forming the government of the First French Republic, with support from the military. The coup was provoked by the results of elections held months earlier, which had given the majority of seats in the country's Corps législatif to royalist candidates, threatening a restoration of the monarchy and a return to the ancie…

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Coup of 18 Fructidor is carried out in France as three of the five members of The Directory, France's executive council”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Der Staatsstreich des 18. Fructidor V beschert Frankreich eine radikale republikanische Regierung und ein neuerliches Klima von Terror”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Coup d'État du 18 fructidor an V en France”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Francia: Golpe de Estado del 18 de Fructidor”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “在法國督政府的授意下，拿破崙發動政變，史稱果月政變。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “フランスでフリュクティドール18日のクーデターが発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page