Humanities › History & Culture French Revolution Timeline: 1795 to 1799 (The Directory) Share Flipboard Email Print History & Culture European History European History Figures & Events Wars & Battles The Holocaust European Revolutions Industry and Agriculture History in Europe American History African American History African History Ancient History and Culture Asian History Genealogy Inventions Latin American History Medieval & Renaissance History Military History The 20th Century Women's History View More By Robert Wilde Robert Wilde History Expert M.A., Medieval Studies, Sheffield University B.A., Medieval Studies, Sheffield University Robert Wilde is a historian who writes about European history. He is the author of the History in an Afternoon textbook series. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on January 10, 2020 February February 3: The Batavian Republic proclaimed in Amsterdam. February 17: Peace of La Jaunaye: Vendéan rebels offered an amnesty, freedom of worship and no conscription. February 21: Freedom of worship returns, but church and state are officially separated. April April 1-2: Germinal uprising demanding the 1793 constitution. April 5: Treaty of Basle between France and Prussia. April 17: The Law of Revolutionary Government is suspended. April 20: Peace of La Prevalaye between Vendéan rebels and the central government with the same terms as La Jaunaye. April 26: Representatives en mission abolished. May May 4: Prisoners massacred in Lyons. May 16: Treaty of the Hague between France and the Batavian Republic (Holland). May 20-23: Uprising of Prairial demanding the 1793 constitution. May 31: The Revolutionary Tribunal closed. June June 8: Louis XVII dies.June 24: Declaration of Verona by self declared Louis XVIII; his statement that France must return to the pre-revolutionary system of privilege ends any hope of a return to monarchy.June 27: Quiberon Bay Expedition: British ships land a force of militant émigrés, but they fail to break out. 748 are caught and executed. July July 22: Treaty of Basle between France and Spain. August August 22: Constitution of the Year III and the Two Thirds Law passed. September September 23: Year IV begins. October October 1: Belgium annexed by France.October 5: Uprising of Vendémiaire.October 7: Law of Suspects cancelled.October 25: Law of 3 Brumaire: émigrés and the seditious barred from public office.October 26: Final session of the Convention.October 26-28: The Electoral Assembly of France meets; they elect the Directory. November November 3: The Directory begins.November 16: The Pantheon Club opens. December December 10: A forced loan is called. 1798 November 25: Rome is captured by Neapolitans. 1799 March March 12: Austria declares war on France. April April 10: The Pope is brought to France as a captive. Elections of the Year VII. May May 9: Reubell leaves the Directory and is replaced by Sieyés. June June 16: Aggravated by France losses and disputes with the Directory, the ruling Councils of France agree to sit permanently.June 17: The Councils overturn the election of Treilhard as Director and replace him with Ghier.June 18: Coup d'état of 30 Prairial, 'Journee of the Councils': the Councils purge the Directory of Merlin de Douai and La Révellière-Lépeaux. July July 6: Foundation of the neo-Jacobin Manège club.July 15: Law of Hostages allows hostages to be taken among émigrés families. August August 5: A loyalist uprising occurs near Toulouse.August 6: Forced loan decreed.August 13: Manège club shut down.August 15: French General Joubert is killed at Novi, a French defeat.August 22: Bonaparte leaves Egypt to return to France.August 27: An Anglo-Russian expeditionary force lands in Holland.August 29: Pope Pius VI dies in French captivity at Valence. September September 13: The 'Country in Danger' motion is rejected by the Council of 500.September 23: Start of Year VIII. October October 9: Bonaparte lands in France.October 14: Bonaparte arrives in Paris.October 18: The Anglo-Russian expeditionary force flees from Holland.October 23: Lucien Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, is elected president of the Council of 500. November November 9-10: Napoleon Bonaparte, aided by his brother and Sieyès, overthrows the Directory.November 13: Repeal of the Law of Hostages. December December 25: Constitution of the Year VIII proclaimed, creating the Consulate. Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Wilde, Robert. "French Revolution Timeline: 1795 to 1799 (The Directory)." ThoughtCo, Jan. 29, 2020, thoughtco.com/french-revolution-timeline-the-directory-1221891. Wilde, Robert. (2020, January 29). French Revolution Timeline: 1795 to 1799 (The Directory). Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/french-revolution-timeline-the-directory-1221891 Wilde, Robert. "French Revolution Timeline: 1795 to 1799 (The Directory)." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/french-revolution-timeline-the-directory-1221891 (accessed June 4, 2023). copy citation