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24 Frimaire Year VIII, the constitution is proclaimed. December 15, 1799

Bonaparte imposes the text of 21 Frimaire, the constitution of the Year VIII, shunting the other two consuls aside. December 12, 1799

Coup d’état of Fructidor. Ardent republicans expel moderates and neo–royalists from the Executive Directory and the two legislative councils. September 4, 1797

Babeuf is arrested and his Conspiracy of Equals is suppressed. May 10, 1796

The Directory begins, 1795–1799, created by Constitution of the Year III. November 3, 1795

Annexation of Belgium. It is incorporated into the Republic as eight new departments. In 1799 the German west bank of the Rhine is incorporated as four new departments. October 1, 1795

Fall of Robespierre, 9 Thermidor Year II. July 27, 1794

Execution of Louis XVI. January 21, 1793

The Fall of the Monarchy. Popular assault on the Tuileries; Louis XVI deposed. August 10, 1792

France declares war on the King of Hungary and Bohemia (the Austrian Francis II). Prussia joins with Austria. April 20, 1792

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