January 5: The French legislature passes a law authorizing a loan of eighty million francs to prepare an invasion of England.

January 11: The Directory orders General Berthier and his army to march on Rome to punish the papal government for the murder of General Duphot.

January 12: Bonaparte presents a plan for an invasion of England to the Directory.

January 18: The legislature authorizes French ships to seize neutral ships carrying British merchandise.

January 24: The Vaud region of Switzerland, with French support, declares independence from the Swiss government in Bern.

January 26: The Directory authorizes French troops to intervene on behalf of the Swiss uprising in Vaud against the Swiss government.

February 10: Berthier and his army enter Rome.

February 14: Talleyrand presents to the Directory a project for a French conquest of Egypt.

February 15: General Berthier, in Rome, proclaims a new Roman Republic, under French protection.

February 23: Bonaparte recommends to the Directory the abandonment of the invasion of England, and an invasion of Egypt instead.

March 5: The Directory approves Bonaparte's plan to invade Egypt.

March 6: The French army captures Bern.

March 9: The Parliament of German states, meeting in Rastadt, accepts the annexation of the left bank of the Rhine by France.

March 22: Under the sponsorship of General Brune, an assembly in Aarau proclaims a Helvetic Republic.

April 4: Following the French model, the new Helvetic Republic declares itself a secular republic.

April 9–18: Elections for one-third of the seats in the French legislature.

April 26: The Traité de Réunion formally unites the Republic of Geneva (fr) with the French Republic.

May 7: A report to the Council of Five Hundred declares that the French elections were irregular, and recommends exclusion of candidates of the far left.

May 11: By the Law of 22 Floréal Year VI, the Council of Ancients and the Council of Five Hundred invalidate the election of 106 Jacobin deputies.

May 15: Jean Baptiste Treilhard is elected to the Directory in place of François de Neufchâteau.

May 19: Bonaparte and his Armée d'Orient set sail from Toulon for Egypt.

May 23: Anti-British uprising begins in Ireland; the Irish rebels believe that Bonaparte is sailing to Ireland.

June 9–11: Bonaparte invades and captures Malta.

July 1–2: Bonaparte lands in Egypt and captures Alexandria.

July 14: Irish uprising suppressed by the British army.

July 21: Bonaparte defeats the Mameluks at the Battle of the Pyramids.

July 24: Bonaparte and his army enter Cairo.

August 1: Admiral Nelson and the British fleet destroy the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile, stranding Bonaparte in Egypt.

August 6: A French fleet and expeditionary force sails for Ireland to aid the Irish rebels, though the rebellion is already defeated.

August 22: French troops under General Humbert land at Killala, in northwest Ireland.

August 27: General Humbert defeats a British force at the Battle of Castlebar, and declares an Irish republic.

September 2: Suppression of a royalist revolt in the south of the Massif Central in France and the arrest of its leaders.

September 5: The French legislature requires all French men between twenty and twenty-five to perform military service.

September 9: The forces of General Humbert are surrounded by the British army at the Battle of Ballinamuck and forced to surrender.

September 16: A new French expeditionary force sails from Brest to Ireland.

September 24: The French government calls 200,000 men for military service.

October 8: François de Neufchâteau, Minister of the Interior, creates the first Higher Council on Public Education.

October 11: French fleet and expeditionary force defeated off coast of Ireland; six of eight warships captured.

October 12: Belgian peasants rebel against obligatory service in French army.

October 21: Population of Cairo rebels against French occupation.
Rebellion suppressed by Bonaparte on October 22.

November 4: Directory orders deportation of Belgian priests, blamed for peasant uprising.

November 5: A Russian-Turkish fleet blockade
January 5: The French legislature passes a law authorizing a loan of eighty million francs to prepare an invasion of England.
January 11: The Directory orders General Berthier and his army to march on Rome to punish the papal government for the murder of General Duphot.
January 12: Bonaparte presents a plan for an invasion of England to the Directory.
January 18: The legislature authorizes French ships to seize neutral ships carrying British merchandise.
January 24: The Vaud region of Switzerland, with French support, declares independence from the Swiss government in Bern.
January 26: The Directory authorizes French troops to intervene on behalf of the Swiss uprising in Vaud against the Swiss government.
February 10: Berthier and his army enter Rome.
February 14: Talleyrand presents to the Directory a project for a French conquest of Egypt.
February 15: General Berthier, in Rome, proclaims a new Roman Republic, under French protection.
February 23: Bonaparte recommends to the Directory the abandonment of the invasion of England, and an invasion of Egypt instead.
March 5: The Directory approves Bonaparte's plan to invade Egypt.
March 6: The French army captures Bern.
March 9: The Parliament of German states, meeting in Rastadt, accepts the annexation of the left bank of the Rhine by France.
March 22: Under the sponsorship of General Brune, an assembly in Aarau proclaims a Helvetic Republic.
April 4: Following the French model, the new Helvetic Republic declares itself a secular republic.
April 9–18: Elections for one-third of the seats in the French legislature.
April 26: The Traité de Réunion formally unites the Republic of Geneva (fr) with the French Republic.
May 7: A report to the Council of Five Hundred declares that the French elections were irregular, and recommends exclusion of candidates of the far left.
May 11: By the Law of 22 Floréal Year VI, the Council of Ancients and the Council of Five Hundred invalidate the election of 106 Jacobin deputies.
May 15: Jean Baptiste Treilhard is elected to the Directory in place of François de Neufchâteau.
May 19: Bonaparte and his Armée d'Orient set sail from Toulon for Egypt.
May 23: Anti-British uprising begins in Ireland; the Irish rebels believe that Bonaparte is sailing to Ireland.
June 9–11: Bonaparte invades and captures Malta.
July 1–2: Bonaparte lands in Egypt and captures Alexandria.
July 14: Irish uprising suppressed by the British army.
July 21: Bonaparte defeats the Mameluks at the Battle of the Pyramids.
July 24: Bonaparte and his army enter Cairo.
August 1: Admiral Nelson and the British fleet destroy the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile, stranding Bonaparte in Egypt.
August 6: A French fleet and expeditionary force sails for Ireland to aid the Irish rebels, though the rebellion is already defeated.
August 22: French troops under General Humbert land at Killala, in northwest Ireland.
August 27: General Humbert defeats a British force at the Battle of Castlebar, and declares an Irish republic.
September 2: Suppression of a royalist revolt in the south of the Massif Central in France and the arrest of its leaders.
September 5: The French legislature requires all French men between twenty and twenty-five to perform military service.
September 9: The forces of General Humbert are surrounded by the British army at the Battle of Ballinamuck and forced to surrender.
September 16: A new French expeditionary force sails from Brest to Ireland.
September 24: The French government calls 200,000 men for military service.
October 8: François de Neufchâteau, Minister of the Interior, creates the first Higher Council on Public Education.
October 11: French fleet and expeditionary force defeated off coast of Ireland; six of eight warships captured.
October 12: Belgian peasants rebel against obligatory service in French army.
October 21: Population of Cairo rebels against French occupation. Rebellion suppressed by Bonaparte on October 22.
November 4: Directory orders deportation of Belgian priests, blamed for peasant uprising.
November 5: A Russian-Turkish fleet blockade
Timeline of the French Revolution