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18th-century coups d'état

  • 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…
  • Coup of 18 BrumaireOn the 12th of March 1799, Habsburg-controlled Austria declared war on France. This declaration triggered emergency measures that allowed the pro-war Jacobin…