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1797 events of the French Revolution

  • Council of Five HundredThe Constitution of Year III arrived on the 24th of September 1795 after a public referendum. This document created the Council of Five Hundred as the lower…
  • Coup of 18 FructidorThe April 1797 legislative elections returned a royalist majority to France's Corps législatif. This outcome threatened the existence of the First French…
  • Corps législatifThe Constitution of the Year VIII took effect in 1799 and established a new Corps législatif. This body replaced the Council of Five Hundred from the…
  • French DirectoryOn the 26th of October 1795, five men took their seats in the Luxembourg Palace to begin a new experiment in French governance.