ID: 901002304 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002304	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Coup of 18 Brumaire (French history, 1799)

Note: Bloodless coup d'état that brought General Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of France, ending the French Revolution; overthrew the Directory, replacing it with the French Consulate.

Display Date: 9 November 1799 (18 Brumaire, Year VIII)

Names:

	Coup of 18 Brumaire (French history, 1799) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Coup d'État du 18 Brumaire (French history, 1799) (French)
	Golpe de Estado del 18 de brumario (French history, 1799) (Spanish)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<European history> (P)
		........<French history> (P)
		............Coup of 18 Brumaire (French history, 1799) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... coup d'état
	.....(political events, cultural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... France
	.....(Europe) (TGN)

Sources:

	Coup of 18 Brumaire (French history, 1799)
	................Langer, Encyclopedia of World History (1980)
	................French caricature and the French Revolution
	Coup d'État du 18 Brumaire (French history, 1799)
	................French caricature and the French Revolution
	Golpe de Estado del 18 de brumario (French history, 1799)
	................Images of the French Revolution / Claudette Hould

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ French caricature and the French Revolution