Coup of 18 Brumaire

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1799 · Saint-Cloud, near Paris · Europe · Politics

Bonaparte overthrows the Directory and takes power

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On 9–10 November 1799 General Bonaparte, back from Egypt, used soldiers to disperse the Council of Five Hundred and overthrow the Directory. A new constitution made him First Consul with near-absolute power, turning the revolutionary republic into a military dictatorship.

State: French Directory, French Directory

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Oceania

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Alive at the time