Constitution of Year III dispute
Carnot criticized elements of the new constitution, including its legislative arrangements and the design of executive power.
Role range: 1793-1799
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Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot Biography and Timeline — Page 3
Follow Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot through 102 dated historical records for France.
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot, historical timeline
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1795–1797Years on this page
1795
Council of Ancients assignment
Carnot entered the Council of Ancients as the new constitutional system replaced the National Convention.
Role range: 1793-1799
Defense against accusations
Carnot faced criticism for his association with revolutionary government but retained support because of his military achievements.
Role range: 1793-1799
Departure from committee
Carnot ended his service on the Committee of Public Safety in March as France moved away from its wartime revolutionary executive.
Role range: 1793-1799
Election to Executive Directory
Carnot became one of five Directors after the establishment of the Directory, continuing to oversee military policy.
Role range: 1793-1799
Election to legislature
Several departments elected Carnot to the new legislature under the Constitution of Year III, underscoring his national standing.
Role range: 1793-1799
Recognition in Convention debates
Deputies invoked Carnot's reputation as an organizer of victory when his conduct during the Terror came under attack.
Role range: 1793-1799
1796
Military expenditure requires legislative consent Council of Ancients
The Council of Ancients reviewed fiscal legislation while French armies fought on several fronts. Appropriations and revenue measures had to pass through the constitutional legislature despite mounting wartime demands.
Role range: 1795-1799
Appointment of Bonaparte in Italy
Carnot supported Napoleon Bonaparte's appointment to command the Army of Italy in the Directory's renewed campaign.
Role range: 1793-1799
Disagreement over military strategy
Carnot's proposed coordination of separate armies confronted the difficulties of distance, rival commanders and enemy resistance.
Role range: 1793-1799
First Directory presidency
Carnot served a term as president of the Executive Directory from April through July 1796.
Role range: 1793-1799
German campaign planning
Carnot developed strategic plans involving French armies in Germany as the Directory pursued war against Austria.
Role range: 1793-1799
1797
Carnot Escapes Planned Arrest
Carnot avoided capture during Fructidor and went into hiding before leaving France to escape political proscription.
Role range: 1795-1799
Carnot Faces Isolation Among Directors
Carnot increasingly stood apart from the three interventionist Directors and became exposed to the same purge planned against legislative conservatives.
Role range: 1795-1799
Carnot Loses Directorial Office
Carnots exclusion removed a senior military organizer from the Directory and changed the composition of the executive without normal constitutional rotation.
Role range: 1795-1799
Carnot Opposes Executive Coup Plans
Carnot resisted his colleagues intention to use soldiers against the elected councils, creating a decisive rupture inside the five member Directory.
Role range: 1795-1799
Former Director Leaves French Territory
Carnot escaped across the frontier, joining the growing number of political exiles produced by the Directorys purge.
Role range: 1795-1799
Carnot rejects military solution Council of Ancients
Carnot resisted plans by fellow Directors to use troops against their elected critics. The dispute divided the executive just as the Council of Ancients faced an increasingly unstable political environment.
Role range: 1795-1799
Escape during Fructidor coup
Carnot escaped capture when the coup of 18 Fructidor targeted him and other opponents of the ruling Directory faction.
Role range: 1793-1799
Exile after proscription
Carnot fled to Switzerland after being removed from the Directory and proscribed during the Fructidor upheaval.
Role range: 1793-1799
Opposition to Fructidor intervention
Carnot resisted plans by fellow Directors to use force against electoral gains by political opponents.
Role range: 1793-1799
Second Directory presidency
Carnot again served as president of the Directory during a tense political period from May to August 1797.
Role range: 1793-1799
Records, sources and methodology
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