This Day in History Entry #91

November 9th, 2010 by Wordsman

In the coup of the Eighteenth Brumaire
Bonaparte took the country with flair
At the first he would be
One of the consuls three
But it turned out that he couldn’t share

Event: The coup of 18 Brumaire ends the French Directory and replaces it with the Consulate
Year: 1799 (or 8 by the French Republican Calendar)
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18_Brumaire