History glossary
18 Brumaire 1799
Napoleon's November 1799 coup, named from the French revolutionary calendar.
- Category
- Historical event
- Region
- France
- Date range
- 9 November 1799
What it means
18 Brumaire Year VIII was 9 November 1799 in the French revolutionary calendar. Napoleon used the coup of 18 Brumaire to end the Directory and begin the Consulate.
Related terms
Stories using this term
The French Revolution
From royal debt and social inequality to republic, terror, and Napoleon, the French Revolution dismantled the old order and produced the political ideas of citizenship, rights, and nationalism that defined the modern world.
Napoleon and the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleon turned revolutionary opportunity into continental empire, then lost it in total war that still transformed European politics, states, and nationalism.
