Chapter 16 - Napoleon girlbossing himself to power

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

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

"Number of ""Notables"" use 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 ""All Frenchmen"" eligible for first stage voting"

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

1/5

Number of people eligible to serve in the legislature of 400

6000

Total size of the legislature under the consulate

400