Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII

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The Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII was a 1799 political upheaval in revolutionary France in which opposition forces in the legislature forced the resignation of several Directors, significantly weakening the Directory regime shortly before Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the French Revolution ⓘ
political coup ⓘ
political crisis ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 30 Prairial coup ⓘ
Coup of 30 Prairial ⓘ
calendarSystemUsed French Republican Calendar ⓘ
cause growing distrust of the Directory by the legislature ⓘ
perception of corruption and incompetence in the Directory ⓘ
pressure from radical and moderate republican deputies ⓘ
chronologicalPosition late phase of the French Revolution ⓘ
shortly before the Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
country French Republic ⓘ
date 18 June 1799 ⓘ
dateInFrenchRepublicanCalendar 30 Prairial Year VII ⓘ
directorForcedToResign Jean-François Reubell ⓘ
Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux ⓘ
Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai ⓘ
directorWhoRemained Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès ⓘ
Paul Barras ⓘ
era French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
followedBy Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
governmentOverthrown French Directory ⓘ
impactOnGovernment erosion of executive authority in France ⓘ
reconfiguration of the Directory’s composition ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
legislativeBodyInvolved Council of Ancients ⓘ
Council of Five Hundred ⓘ
location France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
newDirectorAppointed Jean-François-Auguste Moulin ⓘ
Louis-Jérôme Gohier ⓘ
Roger Ducos ⓘ
oppositionForces neo-Jacobin deputies ⓘ
republican opposition in the legislature ⓘ
partOf French Revolution ⓘ
crisis of the French Directory ⓘ
politicalContext War of the Second Coalition ⓘ
military setbacks of the French Republic in 1799 ⓘ
precededBy Coup of 18 Fructidor ⓘ
relatedTo rise of Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
result political instability in the French Directory ⓘ
resignation of several Directors ⓘ
strengthening of legislative power over the executive ⓘ
weakening of the Directory regime ⓘ
significance contributed to the fall of the Directory ⓘ
paved the way for Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power ⓘ
yearInGregorianCalendar 1799 ⓘ

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Directory → notableEvent → Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII ⓘ
French Directory → notableEvent → Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII ⓘ
Directory (France) → significantEvent → Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII ⓘ
Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII → alsoKnownAs → Coup of 30 Prairial ⓘ
linked to: Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
Directory (collective) → notableEvent → Coup of 30 Prairial ⓘ
linked to: Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
Legislative assemblies of the French Directory → relatedEvent → Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII ⓘ
French Directory → significantEvent → Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII ⓘ
subject linked to: Director (French Directory)
Directory regime → notableEvent → Coup of 30 Prairial (1799) ⓘ
linked to: Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
Directory period of the French Revolution → notableEvent → Coup of 30 Prairial ⓘ
linked to: Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
Directoire français → événementMarquant → coup d’État du 30 prairial an VII ⓘ
linked to: Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII