# French Directory - Five-man executive

URL: https://history-france.com/rulers/french-directory
Reign: 1795–1799
Dynasty: First Republic
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=French+Directory&go=Go

A five-member executive governed under the Constitution of Year III until Napoleon’s coup of 18 Brumaire.

## Succession
- Preceded by: [National Convention](https://history-france.com/rulers/national-convention)
- Succeeded by: [Napoleon Bonaparte](https://history-france.com/rulers/napoleon-bonaparte)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1795 - [White Terror](https://history-france.com/timeline/1795-white-terror)
- 1795 - [Constitution of Year III](https://history-france.com/timeline/1795-constitution-of-year-iii)
- 1795 - [13 Vendémiaire uprising suppressed](https://history-france.com/timeline/1795-13-vendemiaire-uprising-suppressed)
- 1795 - [Directory begins](https://history-france.com/timeline/1795-directory-begins)
- 1796 - [Italian Campaign begins](https://history-france.com/timeline/1796-italian-campaign-begins)
- 1796 - [Conspiracy of Equals suppressed](https://history-france.com/timeline/1796-conspiracy-of-equals-suppressed)
- 1797 - [Treaty of Campo Formio](https://history-france.com/timeline/1797-treaty-of-campo-formio)
- 1797 - [Coup of 18 Fructidor](https://history-france.com/timeline/1797-coup-of-18-fructidor)
- 1798 - [French invasion of Egypt](https://history-france.com/timeline/1798-french-invasion-of-egypt)
- 1798 - [Battle of the Nile](https://history-france.com/timeline/1798-battle-of-the-nile)
- 1798 - [Conscription law institutionalizes military service](https://history-france.com/timeline/1798-conscription-law-institutionalizes-military-service)
- 1799 - [Coup of 30 Prairial](https://history-france.com/timeline/1799-coup-of-30-prairial)
- 1799 - [Coup of 18 Brumaire](https://history-france.com/timeline/1799-coup-of-18-brumaire)
- 1799 - [Constitution of Year VIII](https://history-france.com/timeline/1799-constitution-of-year-viii)