<P> The Directory was a five - member committee which governed France from 1795 , when it replaced the Committee of Public Safety . On 9 November 1799 , it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire and replaced by the French Consulate . It gave its name to the final four years of the French Revolution . </P>
<P> The Directory was a five - member committee which governed France from 1795 , when it replaced the Committee of Public Safety . On 9 November 1799 , it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire and replaced by the French Consulate . It gave its name to the final four years of the French Revolution . </P>
when did the rule of the directory begin
when did the rule of the directory begin
1795
1795