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Bonaparte raises the siege of Acre. May 17, 1799
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Election of Sieyès to the Directory. May 16, 1799
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General Moreau is defeated at Cassano. April 27, 1799
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Siege of Acre, held by the Turks. March 19, 1799
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Siege of Jaffa, held by the Turks. March 4, 1799
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Circular on Elections March 4, 1799
A former playwright and old regime colonial official, Nicolas–Louis François de Neufchâteau, twice Minister of the Interior under the Directory, here outlines the importance of elections for the Directory. In this circular letter sent to the chief…
Proclamation of the Parthenopean (Neapolitan) Republic. January 26, 1799
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A French Gentleman of the Court of Louis XVI. A French Gentleman of the Court of Egalité, 1799 1799
A sarcastic treatment from England of French manners that contrasts the weakness of the old regime with revolutionary arrogance. The engraver also seems to be pointing toward two entirely different views of masculinity.