The Coup of 18 Brumaire brought General Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consulof France and in the view of most historiansended the French Revolution. This bloodless coup d'état overthrew the Directory, replacing it with the French Consulate. This occurred on 9 November 1799, which was 18 Brumaire, Year VIII under the French Republican Calendar.
Coup d'état of 18 Brumaire
General Bonaparte during the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire in Saint-Cloud, painting by François Bouchot, 1840
Date9 November 1799LocationFranceParticipantsNapoleon Bonaparte, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Charles-Maurice Talleyrand, Roger Ducos, Paul Barras, Lucien Bonaparte, Joseph Bonaparte, Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, Charles François Lebrun and othersOutcomeThe Consulate; adoption of a constitution under which the First Consul, a position Bonaparte was to hold, had the most power in the French government
