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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

Napoleon is named commander–in–chief of all armies within the boundaries of France. October 26, 1795

The Chouans join 4,000 émigrés landed at Quiberon on the shores of Brittany by an English fleet. Defeated by General Hoche on July 21st. June 26, 1795

A new Constitution is reported on by Boissy d’Anglas. It is accompanied by the assertion that those most worthy of governing are those who own property. June 23, 1795

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