19 January 1795OccupationCharles Pichegru
Marches his forces into Amsterdam
Historical records for France in 1795, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Marches his forces into Amsterdam
Barras publicly attacked returning emigres as Thermidorian politics moved against royalist influence before the establishment of the Directory.
Closes the Pantheon down when it protests about the arrest of Babeufs wife
Sieyes entered the Committee of Public Safety during the final phase of the Convention and participated in post-Thermidor government.
Carnot was promoted to chef de bataillon while continuing his political and military work during the final months of the Convention.
Sieyes helped secure the reinstatement of deputies previously arrested as associates of the Girondins.
The Germinal rising shows continuing popular anger after the Thermidorian settlement
Sieyes helped advance a law of general police as the Convention tried to stabilise government after the Terror.
Sieyes signed the peace treaty concluded at The Hague between France and the Batavian Republic.
The Prairial uprising is suppressed and the remaining power of the Paris sans culottes is broken
Tallien returned to the Committee of Public Safety as Thermidorian leaders confronted renewed unrest in Paris.
Frederick William II withdraws from the War of the First Coalition
Tallien was sent to the Army of the West during the continuing struggle against royalist and counter-revolutionary forces.
Tallien observed operations connected with the defeat of the royalist expedition at Quiberon and supported severe measures against captured participants.
Massenas 1st military victory
Appointed Head of the Directory
Appointed Head of the Directory
Sieyes proposed a constitutional jury intended to protect the operation of the Constitution of Year III, but the proposal was rejected.
Carnot criticised the Constitution of Year III, particularly its bicameral legislature and the proposed organisation of executive power.
Jourdan led a successful crossing of the Rhine during operations by the Army of Sambre-et-Meuse.
Dismissed from list of Generals for not joining Hoches Army at Brest
The Convention appointed Barras commander in chief to organise its defence against the approaching royalist insurrection.
Napoleon helped suppress the royalist uprising against the Convention after Barras called on him to support the defence of Paris.
Defends the Convention & fires on the people, commanded by Barras
Uses a "whiff of grapeshot" on the "day of the sections" to drive out the Parisian mob
Suppresses a Royalist uprising in Paris
Barras directed the Convention's defence during the Vendemiaire uprising and employed Napoleon Bonaparte in the military response.
Appointed General of the Division, provisional
Appointed General of the Division, provisional
Appointed Commander of the Army of the Interior, for saving the Tuileries Palace
Appointed Commander of the Army of the Interior
Napoleon became commander in chief of the Army of the Interior after his role in defeating the Vendemiaire uprising.
After Vendemiaire, Barras supported Bonaparte's appointment as commander of the Army of the Interior.
After the Vendemiaire uprising, Tallien joined a five-member commission charged with proposing additional measures for public security.
Carnot was elected to the Council of Ancients as the new constitutional system replaced the National Convention.
La Revelliere-Lepeaux was elected to the Council of Ancients as the constitutional institutions of the Directory replaced the Convention.
Nineteen departments elected Sieyes to the Council of Five Hundred, and he chose to represent Sarthe.
Tallien was elected to the Council of Five Hundred by several departments and continued his legislative career under the Directory.
Carnot became a member of the newly organised Institut de France, reflecting his standing as both a scientist and revolutionary administrator.
Fights at the Battle of Loana in Italy
Andre Massena fought in the French victory at Loano as the Army of Italy broke Austrian and Sardinian positions on the Ligurian coast.
Barras was elected one of the five members of the new Executive Directory under the Constitution of Year III.
Carnot joined the five-member Executive Directory and took responsibility for major military affairs.
La Revelliere-Lepeaux was elected to the Executive Directory with an overwhelming vote in the Council of Ancients.
Barras took up residence at the Luxembourg Palace as the Executive Directory began operating under the new constitution.
Carnot assumed a leading role in directing military policy for the new Directory.
Sieyes refused to become a member of the Executive Directory after the new constitutional government was established.
Sieyes declined the opportunity to direct the Ministry of Foreign Relations under the Directory.
Carnot worked with Jourdan on operational planning as the Directory prepared renewed campaigns against Coalition armies.
Arrested after attacking Danton & Robespirre for revisionism
Becomes chief engineer of New York while still in his twenties.
The Committee's ceased to exist under the Constitution of 1795, which marked the beginning of the Directory
The Committee's ceased to exist under the Constitution of 1795, which marked the beginning of the Directory
The Committee's ceased to exist under the Constitution of 1795, which marked the beginning of the Directory
Appointed Member of Council of 500
Appointed Member of Council of 500
With Napoleon establishes the Directory
Bruges becomes administrative centre of the French Department of Lys.
Appointed Member of Directory
Appointed Member of Directory
Appointed Member of Directory
Appointed Member of Directory
There is evidence that Neptune was seen and recorded by Galileo Galilei in 1613, Jerome Lalande in 1795 and John Herschel in 1830 but none is known to have recognized it as a planet at the time
Appointed President of the National Convention
Appointed President of the National Convention
Takes responsibility for major civic and defence engineering work.
Appointed President of the National Convention
Appointed President of the National Convention
Goes on a diplomatic mission to the Hague & helps draw up a Treaty between the French & Batavian republics
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