Brumaire
Brumaire
(brymɛr)| Noun | 1. | Brumaire - second month of the Revolutionary calendar (October and November); the month of mist |
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| 释义 | BrumaireBrumaire(brymɛr)
BrumaireBrumaire(brümâr`), second month of the French Revolutionary calendarFrench Revolutionary calendar,the official calendar of France, Nov. 24, 1793–Dec. 31, 1805. Its introduction was decreed by the Convention on Oct. 5, 1793, but it was computed from Sept. 22, 1792, the autumnal equinox and the day after the proclamation of the republic. ..... Click the link for more information. . The coup of 18 (actually 18–19) Brumaire (Nov. 9–10, 1799), engineered chiefly by Sieyès, overthrew the DirectoryDirectory, group of five men who held the executive power in France according to the constitution of the year III (1795) of the French Revolution. They were chosen by the new legislature, by the Council of Five Hundred and the Council of Ancients; each year one director, chosen ..... Click the link for more information. and established the ConsulateConsulate, 1799–1804, in French history, form of government established after the coup of 18 Brumaire (Nov. 9–10, 1799), which ended the Directory. Three consuls were appointed to rule France—Napoleon Bonaparte (see Napoleon I), Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, ..... Click the link for more information. under Napoleon. It nearly failed because of Napoleon's inept conduct at the Council of Five Hundred, but the situation was saved by his brother Lucien BonaparteBonaparte , Ital. Buonaparte , family name of Napoleon I, emperor of the French. Parentage Napoleon's father, Carlo Buonaparte, 1746–85, a petty Corsican nobleman, was a lawyer in Ajaccio. ..... Click the link for more information. . Brumaire
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