#francois bouchot

Le coup d'État du 18 brumaire an VIII (samedi 9 novembre 1799), souvent abrégé en coup d'État du 18 Brumaire, organisé par Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes et exécuté par Napoleon Bonaparte, marque la fin du Directoire et de la Revolution Francaise, et le début du Consulat. Si les événements déterminants se produisent le 19 brumaire, au Chateau de Saint-Cloud où le Conseil des Cinq-cents et le Conseil des Anciens sont réunis, c'est le 18 que la conjuration met en place les éléments nécessaires au complot.

The Coup of 18 Brumaire (French: Coup d'État du 18 Brumaire) brought Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of the French First Republic. In the view of most historians, it ended the French Revolution and would soon lead to the coronation of Napoleon as Emperor of the French. This bloodless coup d'état overthrew the Directory, replacing it with the French Consulate. This occurred on 9 November 1799, which was 18 Brumaire, Year VIII, under the short-lived French Republican calendar system.

Portrait of Pierre-Narcisse Guerin - Francois Bouchot

Napoleon Bonaparte in the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire in Saint-Cloud by   François Bouchot

François Bouchot: Maria Malibran as Desdemona in Rossini's Otello, 1831. Rossini wrote Otello while still in Naples, the opera was first performed on December 4, 1816. Maria Malibran sang the part of Desdemona at the Paris opera 1828–31. In 1834, she moved to England and began to perform in London. In July 1836, she fell from her horse. She refused to see a physician and continued to perform. She died in September of the same year, only twenty-eight.

Portrait of 'La Malibran' in the role of Desdemona, Francois Bouchot

Musée de l’Histoire de France, Château de Versailles. Versailles, France.

Musée de l’Histoire de France, Château de Versailles. Versailles, France.