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

Bonaparte marries Joséphine Beauharnais. March 9, 1796

Bonaparte purges the Tribunate and Legislative Body to eliminate critics (27 Ventôse Year X). March 18, 1802

Bonaparte raises the siege of Acre. May 17, 1799

Bonaparte returns secretly to France from Egypt, having deserted his army. October 9, 1799

Bonaparte’s victory at Marengo; breakup of Second Coalition. June 14, 1800

Bourbon Restoration (1815–1830). 1815

Brissot calls for war. October 20, 1791

British naval victory, the "Glorious First of June," establishes British control of the seas. June 1, 1794

Calonne presents reform proposals to Louis XVI. August 20, 1786