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Election to Council of Five Hundred

France · Revolution / Revolution of France. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1795–1797Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1795

Emmanuel Joseph SieyesOctober 1795

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Nineteen departments elected Sieyes to the Council of Five Hundred, and he chose to represent Sarthe.

Jean Lambert TallienOctober 1795

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Tallien was elected to the Council of Five Hundred by several departments and continued his legislative career under the Directory.

1797

Jean Baptiste Jourdan12 April 1797

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Jourdan was elected to the Council of Five Hundred for Haute-Vienne after returning to political life.

Names involved

Emmanuel Joseph SieyesJean Baptiste JourdanJean Lambert Tallien

Provenance

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