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Admiral Nelson defeats the French fleet at Aboukir Bay. August 1, 1798

Expedition to Egypt leaves Toulon. May 19, 1798

The so–called coup d’état of 22 Floréal Year VI. The two councils invalidate totally or partially the elections in forty–eight out of ninety–six departments. May 11, 1798

A Second Coalition uniting Russia, Great Britain, and eventually Austria against France is formed. The War of the Second Coalition continues to 1801. December 29, 1797

The peace treaty of Campio Formio is signed with Austria. October 17, 1797

Liquidation of the public debt by two–thirds with a system of coupons that, by the end of the December, in effect, simply invalidates two–thirds of what is owed to various public creditors. September 1797

A group of moderate and rightist delegates to the legislative Councils of the Five Hundred and of the Elders, members of the political club of Clichy, plan a coup d’état against the Directory. September 2, 1797

The beginnings of the independence movement in Saint Domingue, present–day Haiti, led by Toussaint L’Ouverture. August 22, 1797

The alleged Conspiracy of the Equals organized by Gracchus Babeuf. The goal is a coup d’état and the end of the Directory in order to set a communist government in its place. March 30, 1796

Napoleon begins to prepare his own Italian campaign. March 27, 1796

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