1799
January• January 23: France captures Naples.
• January 26: The Parthenopean Republic is proclaimed in Naples.
March
• March 12: Austria declares war on France.
April
• April 10: The Pope is brought to France as a captive. Elections of the Year VII.
May
• May 9: Reubell leaves the Directory and is replaced by Sieyés.
June
• June 16: Aggravated by France losses and disputes with the Directory, the ruling Councils of France agree to sit permanently.
• June 17: The Councils overturn the election of Treilhard as Director and replace him with Ghier.
• June 18: Coup d'état of 30 Prairial, 'Journee of the Councils': the Councils purge the Directory of Merlin de Douai and La Révellière-Lépeaux.
July
• July 6: Foundation of the neo-Jacobin Manège club.
• July 15: Law of Hostages allows hostages to be taken among émigrés families.
August
• August 5: A loyalist uprising occurs near Toulouse.
• August 6: Forced loan decreed.
• August 13: Manège club shut down.
• August 15: French General Joubert is killed at Novi, a French defeat.
• August 22: Bonaparte leaves Egypt to return to France.
• August 27: An Anglo-Russian expeditionary force lands in Holland.
• August 29: Pope Pius VI dies in French captivity at Valence.
September
• September 13: The 'Country in Danger' motion is rejected by the Council of 500.
• September 23: Start of Year VIII.
October
• October 9: Bonaparte lands in France.
• October 14: Bonaparte arrives in Paris.
• October 18: The Anglo-Russian expeditionary force flees from Holland.
• October 23: Lucien Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, is elected president of the Council of 500.
November
• November 9-10: Napoleon Bonaparte, aided by his brother and Sieyès, overthrows the Directory.
• November 13: Repeal of the Law of Hostages.
December
• December 25: Constitution of the Year VIII proclaimed, creating the Consulate.
