Law of 22 Floréal Year VI [SEP] point in time
Law of 22 Floréal Year VI
The Law of 22 Floréal Year VI () was a law—arguably constituting a bloodless coup—passed on 11 May 1798 (22 Floréal Year VI by the French Republican Calendar) by which 106 left-wing deputies were deprived of their seats in the Council of Five Hundred, the lower house of the legislature under the French Directory.
of a law greatly expanding the power of the Revolutionary Tribunals.
- 9 Thermidor Year II – The fall of the Mountain and the execution of Robespierre and others, 27 July 1794.
- 13 Vendémiaire Year IV – Failed coup and incidence of Napoleon's "whiff of grapeshot", 5 October 1795
- 18 Fructidor Year V – The coup against the monarchist restorationists, 4 September 1797.
- 22 Floréal Year VI – Coup in which 106 left–wing deputies were deprived of their seats, (11