coup of 18 Brumaire

Also known as 18 Brumaire, Eighteenth Brumaire, November 1799 French coup d'état‎, the 18th Brumaire

1799 coup in Revolutionary France that brought Napoleon to power

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Date: 9 November 1799
Location: Château de Saint-Cloud
Participants: Napoleon Bonaparte Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès Charles-Maurice Talleyrand Roger Ducos Paul Barras Lucien Bonaparte Joseph Bonaparte Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès Charles François Lebrun Joachim Murat Others
Outcome: Coup successful Consulate established Adoption of a constitution under which the First Consul , a position Bonaparte was to hold, had the most power in the French government

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start time: 1799-11-09
end time: 1799-11-10
point in time: 1799-11-00
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The Coup of 18 Brumaire (French: Coup d'État du 18 Brumaire) brought Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of the French First Republic. In the view of most historians, it ended the French Revolution and would soon lead to the coronation of Napoleon as Emperor of the French. This bloodless coup d'état overthrew the Directory, replacing it with the French Consulate. This occurred on 9 November 1799, which was 18 Brumaire, Year VIII, under the short-lived French Republican calendar system.

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