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Napoleonic Timeline of 1794-1795

1794

25 February 1794 – A member of parliament from Marseilles, François Omer Granet, denounced Napoleon Bonaparte in the Convention for having proposed to renovate the bastilles in Marseilles.

24 March 1794 – Napoleon Bonaparte got the command of the artillery of the Army of Italy (a field army of the French Army stationed on the Italian border and used for operations in Italy itself).

5 April 1794 – Younger brother of Maximilien Robespierre, Augustin, representative on assignment at the Army of Italy, wrote to his senior in praise of citizen Buonaparte.

21 May 1794 – In Colmars, Basses-Alpes, Napoleon Bonaparte drew up the plan for the Italian campaign.

27 July 1794 – Arrest of Maximilien Robespierre and his brother, who would be guillotined the following day.

6 August 1794 – Napoleon Bonaparte was suspended from his duties, arrested and charged with complicity with the Robespierre brothers; he was locked up in Fort-Carré in Antibes (or in a nearby house).

The Fort-Carré in Antibes
The Fort-Carré in Antibes

20 August 1794 – Napoleon got his freedom back...

30 August 1794 –... and his duties as well.

1795

29 March 1795 – Napoleon Bonaparte got the command of the artillery of the Army of the West.

21 April 1795 – In Marseilles, Napoleon got engaged with Désirée Clary.

13 June 1795 – Napoleon Bonaparte refused an appointment as General of infantry...

15 June 1795 –... and got convalescence leave.

15 September 1795 – His name was struck off the list of generals in regular service. His refusal to join his duties was held against him.

5 October 1795 – Paul-François de Barras, Chief General of the Army of the Interior, appointed him upon the recommandation of Lazare Carnot commander of the forces earmarked for repressing insurrection from the royalist sections in Paris.

10 October 1795 – Barras praised general Buonaparte in front of the Convention. He managed to get his appointment confirmed.

15 October 1795 – Napoleon Bonaparte met Barras' mistress, Marie-Josèphe-Rose de Tascher de La Pagerie, widow Beauharnais.

16 October 1795 – Napoleon Bonaparte was promoted as Division General.

26 October 1795 – He succeeded Barras as commander of the Army of the Interior.

3 November 1795 – Assumption of duties in the Executive Directory. Directors chosen by the Council of the Ancients were: Paul-François de Barras, Jean-François Reubell (a.k.a. Rewbell), Louis-Marie La Révellière-Lépeaux, Etienne-François Le Tourneur and Lazare Carnot.

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Sources

This page has as its main source the Napoleonic chronology established by Gérard Walter for his edition of The Memorial of Saint Helena, in the French classics series La Pléiade, published by the Éditions Gallimard, Paris.