Historedia
Person

General Moreau

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1799

Every event in Historedia whose sources name General Moreau, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Coup of 18 Brumaire

    1799

    Role: Advised Sieyès to turn to Napoleon

    1. May–August 1799 · French Directory politicsSieyès consolidates power and turns to Napoleon

      After joining the Directory in May 1799, Sieyès consolidated power and, following Joubert's death at Novi, turned to Napoleon on Moreau's advice.

    2. 9–10 November 1799 · Paris, seat of the Directory and Council of Five HundredOverthrow of the Directory, 9–10 November 1799

      On 9 November 1799 the conspirators launched a bloodless coup; the next day grenadiers forced the Council of Five Hundred to dissolve the Directory.

    3. November–December 1799 · French First RepublicEstablishment of the Consulate and Napoleon as First Consul

      The coup replaced the Directory with the French Consulate, bringing Napoleon to power as First Consul and, in most historians' view, ending the French Revolution.

Sources

  1. Coup of 18 Brumaire Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28