PART 4: a gradual degradation of democracy

Month and year Sieyes accepted position as Director

May 1799

Month and year of the Coup of Prairial

June 1799

Month and year of the Battle of Novi where General Joubert was killed

August 1799

Date Napoleon returned to France

Early October 1799

Number of Directors in the autumn of 1799

5

Date Lucien Bonaparte was elected President of the Council of 500

23 October 1799

Specific date of the first day of the coup of Brumaire

18 Brumaire - 9th november

Number of men Murat moved around Saint-Cloud

6000

Specific date of the second day of the coup of brumaire

19 Brumaire (10th November 1799)

Number of consuls appointed to run the government

3

Date the Constitution of Year VIII was adopted

24th December 1799

Years of the French Consulate

1799-1804

Number of years Consuls held office

10

Number of members in the Senate

80

Number of senators initially chosen by Ducos and Sieyes

29

Number of senators who then selected a further 29

31

Number of senators added each year for the next 10 years

2

Number of members in the Tribunate

100

Number of members in the Legislative Body

300

List of … Notables used to select legislative by the Senate

6000

Number of citizens on the Departmental list (Third stage)

60000

Percentage of citizens selected for the next list level

10%

Number of citizens on the Communal list (Second stage)

600000

Age of those eligible for first stage voting for the directory

Over 21

Number of citizens in the first stage of voting

6 million

Duration a citizen must have lived in the same house to vote

1 year

Month and year the two replacement consuls were appointed

December 1799

Proportion of members of the two legislative bodies replaced annually - constitution of year xiii

1/5

Number of people eligible to serve in the legislature of 400

6000

Total size of the legislature under the consulate

400

Years of Napoleon Bonaparte's life

1761-1821

Year Napoleon came to power in a coup

1799

Years Napoleon was Consul

1799-1804

Years Napoleon was Emperor

1804-15

Year Napoleon was forced to abdicate

1814

Number of days Napoleon returned to power in 1815

100

Year Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo and exiled

1815

Number of children in Napoleon's family

8

Year Napoleon and his brother gained admission to College d’Autun

1778

Age of Napoleon when entering College d’Autun

9

Number of years spent at the military college of Brienne

5

Year Napoleon spent on a scholarship at the Ecole Militaire

1784

Duration of scholarship at Ecole Militaire

1 year

Year Napoleon joined a Jacobin club in Valence

1791

Months/Year Napoleon helped drive the British from Toulon

August to December 1793

Month of promotion to major

September (1793)

Month of promotion to adjutant-general

October (1793)

Month of promotion to brigadier-general

December (1793)

Napoleon's age during the Toulon promotions

24

Year Napoleon was appointed commandant of artillery in the army of Italy

1794

Duration of time spent in gaol for conspiracy

1 month

Month and year of the royalist Vendemiaire rising

October 1795

Month and year appointed commander-in-chief of the army of Italy

March 1796

Age of Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie at marriage

33

Number of days before marriage he was appointed commander

7

Number of days after Napoleon’s wedding to Josephine he left for Italy

2

Year of the campaign against Austria in Germany/Italy

1796

Year French army of Italy had been confined to mountains/coastline since

1792

Number of French troops in 1796 against Austria/Piedmont-Sardinia

7000

Number of Austrian/Piedmont-Sardinian troops in 1796

52000

Month and year Piedmont-Sardinia withdrew from the war

April 1796

Month the Armistice of Cherasco (Piedmont-Sardinia) was confirmed in Paris

May (1796)

Month and year of the battle at Lodi - occupied Milan - fight with Austrian rearguard

May 1796

Number of fortress towns in the Quadrilateral

4

Month and year of the victory at Arcola - in lead up to mantua falling

November 1796

Month and year of the victory at Rivoli - prior to Mantua falling

January 1797

Month and year Napoleon's forces occupied Venice

May 1797

Month and year the Cisalpine Republic was created

June 1797

Month and year the Ligurian Republic was established

June 1797

Distance from Vienna reached by Napoleon's armies

96km

Month and year Napoleon dictated terms to Archduke Charles

April 1797

Specific date of the Treaty of Campo Formio

17th October 1797

Year the Austrian Netherlands were annexed/renamed Belgium

1795

Year the War of the Second Coalition broke out

1799

Month and year General Hoche died

September 1797

Month and year Napoleon was appointed to command invasion of England

October 1797

Month and year of Hoche’s abandoned attempt to invade Ireland

December 1796

Month and year of naval defeat at Cape Saint Vincent

February 1797

Month and year of naval defeat at Camperdown (second defeat of french allies at sea)

October 1797

Year of the proposal for the invasion of Egypt

Early 1798

Month and year expedition to Egypt and Syria began

May 1798

Month and year of invasion of Egypt and Battle of Pyramids

July 1798

Months/Years of campaign in Lower Egypt

August 1798 - May 1799

Months/Year of campaign in Palestine and Syria

February - June 1799

Month and year of the Siege of Jaffa

March 1799

Months/Year of the Siege of Acre

March - May 1799

Month and year Ottoman Empire declared war on French

September 1799

Month and year of native uprising in Cairo

October 1799

Month and year Directory agreed to Egypt plan

March 1798

Year Napoleon set off in command of army of Orient

May 1798

Number of troops in the army of the Orient

35000

Month and year Napoleon reached Egypt

July 1798

Month and year Nelson destroyed French fleet at Aboukir Bay

August 1798

Number of troops in force that ventured into Syria

13000

Month and year Jaffa was taken

March 1799

Number of prisoners shot at Jaffa

2000

Duration of the siege of Acre before retreat

2 months

Month and year Napoleon returned to Cairo from Syria

June 1799

Period of peace maintained in Europe (Treaty of Campo Formio)

October 1797 - March 1799

Year Napoleon expelled Knights of St John from Malta

1798