Year VIII

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---- This page relates to the year VIII republican Calendrier, corresponding to the years 1799 and 1800 of the Gregorian Calendrier. This year began the September 23rd 1799 and finished the September 22nd 1800.

Events

18 brumaire (November 9th 1799): Coup d'etat of the 18 brumaire: Bonaparte reverses the Directoire, seizes the power and appoints First Consul.
25 floréal (May 15th 1800): Napoleon Bonaparte crosses the Alps and invades the Italy.
25 meadow (June 14th): Victoire of Bonaparte and Desaix to the Battle Marengo against the Austrian army.
18 fructidor (September 5th): The island of Malta, which was occupied by the French, is conquered by the British troops.
Bonaparte creates the functions of prefect and sub-prefect. He asks Cambacérès to compose the Code of the Laws.
Creation of the Banque de France.
France recovers Spain the American territory of Louisiana by the secret treated of San Ildefonso.

Death

25 meadow (June 14th): Jean-Baptiste Kléber, (assassinated in Egypt) French general-in-chief.
25 meadow (June 14th): Louis Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux, French general-in-chief, died in the Battle Marengo.

Agreement

1799

1 Vendémiaire
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8 Vendémiaire
9 Vendémiaire
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30 Vendémiaire
1 Brumaire
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9 Brumaire
10 Brumaire
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30 Brumaire

September 23rd
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September 30th
October 1st
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October 22nd
October 23rd
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October 31st
November 1st
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November 21st

1 Frimaire
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9 Frimaire
10 Frimaire
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30 Frimaire
1 Nivôse
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10 Nivôse

November 22nd
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November 30th
December 1st
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December 21st
December 22nd
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December 31st

1800

11 Nivôse
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30 Nivôse
1 Pluviôse
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11 Pluviôse
12 Pluviôse
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30 Pluviôse
1 Ventôse
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9 Ventôse
10 Ventôse
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30 Germinal Ventôse
1
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10 Germinal
11 Germinal
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30 Germinal
1 Floréal
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10 Floréal
11 Floréal
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30 Floréal

January 1st
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January 20th
January 21st
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January 31st
February 1st
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February 19th
February 20th
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February 28th
March 1st
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March 21st
March 22nd
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March 31st
April 1st
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April 20th
April 21st
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April 30th
May 1st
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May 20th

1 Meadow
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11 Meadow
12 Meadow
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30 Meadow
1 Messidor
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11 Messidor
12 Messidor
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30 Messidor
Thermidor 1
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Thermidor 12
Thermidor 13
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Thermidor 30
1 Fructidor
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13 Fructidor
14 Fructidor
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30 Fructidor
: Sans-culottids:
of the virtue
of the genius
of work
of the opinion
of the rewards

May 21st
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May 31st
June 1st
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June 19th
June 20th
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June 30th
July 1st
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July 19th
July 20th
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July 31st
August 1st
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August 18th
August 19th
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August 31st
September 1st
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September 17th
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September 18th
September 19th
September 20th
September 21st
September 22nd

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