Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 4
- Years
- 1797
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux, 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
Coup of 18 Fructidor
1797Role: Director and coup leader
- Bonaparte's documentation and republican accusations
Documentation of Pichegru's activities supplied by Bonaparte led republican Directors to accuse the legislature of plotting against the Republic.
- Royalist electoral gains
April 1797 elections reversed the legislative majority toward royalists and moderate republicans, threatening a monarchy restoration.
- Seizure of power in Paris
Three Directors, backed by Talleyrand and the military, staged the coup, annulled election results, and ousted monarchists from the legislature.
- Martial law and shooting decree in Paris
At dawn on 4 September 1797, Paris was declared under martial law, with a decree ordering royalists shot without trial.
- Bonaparte's documentation and republican accusations
Sources
- Coup of 18 Fructidor Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22