Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.

Coup of 18 Fructidor

1797 seizure of power in France

The Coup of 18 Fructidor, Year V, was a seizure of power in France by members of the Directory, then forming the government of the First French Republic, with support from the military. The coup was provoked by the results of elections held months earlier, which had given the…