Napoleon claims himself emperor after coup d'état

Category
Government
Place
France
Date
1799
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"Napoleon's grenadiers, under the future Marshal Murat, then cleared the Orangerie of delegates and a new body--a three-man consulate--with Napoleon as first Consul and Sieyes as Second Consul, took over." [Furtado: 1001 Days]

This event is linked to the following periods

PeriodMiner
Begin
End
Category
Napoleon I
1804
1814
French