War · November 9, 1799

Coup of 18 Brumaire

Name: Coup of 18 Brumaire
Start: 1799-11-09
Location: Château de Saint-Cloud, French First Republic

226 years ago · Château de Saint-Cloud, French First Republic

226th anniversary

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.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

The 227th anniversary falls on November 9, 2026.

Explore

People involved1

1769–1821

Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hundred Days in 1815.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

MilitaryDied aged 51

View profile Photo (modified): Jacques-Louis David · Public domain

Born on November 94

November 9 →

1934–1996

Carl Sagan

Carl Edward Sagan (SAY-gən; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

ScienceWould be 91

View profile Photo (modified): NASA/JPL · Public domain

1877–1938

Muhammad Iqbal

Sir Muhammad Iqbal (9 November 1877 – 21 April 1938) was an Islamic philosopher and poet.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

LiteratureWould be 148

View profile Photo (modified): Amrita Sher-Gil · Public domain

1841–1910

Edward VII

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

RoyaltyDied aged 68

View profile Photo (modified): W. & D. Downey · Public domain

1929–2016

Imre Kertész

Imre Kertész (Hungarian:; 9 November 1929 – 31 March 2016) was a Hungarian author and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history". He was the first Hungarian to win the Nobel in Literature.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

LiteratureWould be 96

View profile Photo (modified): Unknown author · CC BY-SA 4.0

Also on this day4

1989

Fall of the Berlin Wall

East Germany opens its border crossings, beginning the end of the Berlin Wall and the Cold War division of Europe.

Politics

1989

German reunification

German reunification (German: Deutsche Wiedervereinigung), also known as the expansion of the Federal Republic of Germany (BRD), was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign state, which began on 9 November 1989 and culminated on 3 October 1990 with the dissolution of the German Democratic Republic…

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

History

2020

2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference

The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP26, was the 26th United Nations Climate Change conference, held from 31 October to 13 November 2021 at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. The president of the conference was UK cabinet minister Alok Sharma.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

History

2020

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement

The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement was an armistice agreement that ended the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Politics