François-Noël Babeuf
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François-Noël Babeuf, also known as Gracchus Babeuf, was a French proto-communist, revolutionary, and journalist of the French Revolutionary period. His newspaper Le Tribun du Peuple was best known fo
François-Noël "Gracchus" Babeuf
French Directory
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The Directory was the system of government established by the French Constitution of 1795. It takes its name from the committee of five men vested with executive power. The Directory governed the Fren
François-Noël Babeuf
…His newspaper Le Tribun du Peuple (The Tribune of the People) was best known for its advocacy for the poor and calling for a popular revolt against the Directory, the government of France. He was a leading advocate for democracy and the abolition of private property. He made his own variant of Jacobinism…
The Convention rises against Robespierre (27 July 1794)
François Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas, one of the principal authors of the Constitution of 1795
Paul Barras, President of Directory (1798-1799)
General Lazare Hoche defeated a royalist army that landed in Brittany (July 1795)