January 7: A new Austrian army commanded by General József Alvinczi is sent to fight General Bonaparte in Italy.

January 14: Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Rivoli.

February 2: Surrender of last Austrian forces in Italy, in Mantua, to Bonaparte.

February 9: Bonaparte occupies Ancona to force Pope Pius VI to negotiate with him.
Negotiations begin February 12.

February 14: Defeat of the Spanish fleet, ally of the French, at the Battle of Cape Saint Vincent.

February 19: Pius VI cedes Comtat Venaissin and the northern portion of the Italian papal states to the new Cispadane Republic.

February 20: Beginning of the trial of Babeuf and his leading followers at the High Court of Justice in Vendôme.

March 2: The Directory authorizes French warships to capture U.S. ships, in retaliation for the British-US treaty of February 20, 1796.

March 9: Bonaparte begins a new offensive in Italy against the army of the Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen.

March 18: French voters are required to take an oath of fidelity to the government before voting on April 18.

April 7: After a series of victories by Bonaparte, the Austrians agree to negotiate.

April 18: Preliminary Treaty of Leoben; Austria gives up its claim to the Austrian Netherlands ("Belgian Provinces"); a secret agreement divides the territories of Venice between Austria and France.

April 18: Results of partial elections for the legislature.
205 of the 216 deputies running are defeated, and many are replaced by royalists.

April 27: Massacre of anti-French insurgents in Verona by French army.

April 30: The Directory ratifies the Treaty of Leoben.

May 2: Bonaparte declares war on Venice.

May 12: Revolutionaries overthrow the government council (Patriciate) of Venice.

May 16: Bonaparte begins negotiations with the Doge of Venice, Ludovico Manin.

May 20: New session of the French legislature begins.
The royalist Pichegru is chosen president of the Council of Five Hundred, and another royalist, François Barbé-Marbois becomes president of the Council of Ancients.

May 20: A drawing of lots removes the moderate republican Étienne-François Letourneur.
He is replaced by the royalist diplomat François Barthélemy on June 6.

May 26: The political agitator Babeuf and one supporter, Darthé, are sentenced to death.
They are executed in Vendôme on May 27.

June 4: First meeting of the Cercle Constitutionnel, a club of prominent moderate republican deputies.
Its leaders include Sieyès, Talleyrand, and Garat.

June 14: Bonaparte installs a new government in Genoa, with the aim of creating a new Ligurian Republic.

June 24: The Director Paul Barras contacts General Hoche, seeking support for a coup d'état against the royalist majority in the two Councils.

June 27: The royalist majority in the Councils repeals the law of October 25, 1795, which added punishments against refractory priests and émigrés.

June 28: French troops land on Corfu, previously owned by Venice.

June 28: General Hoche sends 15,000 soldiers from the Rhine to Brest via Paris, on the pretext of planning an invasion of Ireland.

July 3: Talleyrand proposes a French expedition against Egypt.

July 9: The French support the formation of the Cisalpine Republic, composed of the former Cispadane Republic and Lombardy.

July 16: Conflict within the Directory between Barthélemy and Carnot, favorable to the monarchists, and the three pro-republican directors, Barras, La Révellière-Lépeaux, and Rewbell.

July 17: The army of Hoche arrives within three leagues (see also: Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution] of Paris, a violation of the Constitution.
The royalist Councils protest.

July 20: Barras produces evidence that General Pichegru was in secret correspondence with Louis XVIII and the monarchists.
Carnot joins sides with the three republican directors.

July 25: The Councils vote a law forbidding political clubs, including the republican Cercle Constitutionnel.

July 27: Bonaparte sends General Augereau to Paris as military commander of the city, to support a coup d'état against the royalists.

August 16: Bonaparte
January 7: A new Austrian army commanded by General József Alvinczi is sent to fight General Bonaparte in Italy.
January 14: Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Rivoli.
February 2: Surrender of last Austrian forces in Italy, in Mantua, to Bonaparte.
February 9: Bonaparte occupies Ancona to force Pope Pius VI to negotiate with him. Negotiations begin February 12.
February 14: Defeat of the Spanish fleet, ally of the French, at the Battle of Cape Saint Vincent.
February 19: Pius VI cedes Comtat Venaissin and the northern portion of the Italian papal states to the new Cispadane Republic.
February 20: Beginning of the trial of Babeuf and his leading followers at the High Court of Justice in Vendôme.
March 2: The Directory authorizes French warships to capture U.S. ships, in retaliation for the British-US treaty of February 20, 1796.
March 9: Bonaparte begins a new offensive in Italy against the army of the Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen.
March 18: French voters are required to take an oath of fidelity to the government before voting on April 18.
April 7: After a series of victories by Bonaparte, the Austrians agree to negotiate.
April 18: Preliminary Treaty of Leoben; Austria gives up its claim to the Austrian Netherlands ("Belgian Provinces"); a secret agreement divides the territories of Venice between Austria and France.
April 18: Results of partial elections for the legislature. 205 of the 216 deputies running are defeated, and many are replaced by royalists.
April 27: Massacre of anti-French insurgents in Verona by French army.
April 30: The Directory ratifies the Treaty of Leoben.
May 2: Bonaparte declares war on Venice.
May 12: Revolutionaries overthrow the government council (Patriciate) of Venice.
May 16: Bonaparte begins negotiations with the Doge of Venice, Ludovico Manin.
May 20: New session of the French legislature begins. The royalist Pichegru is chosen president of the Council of Five Hundred, and another royalist, François Barbé-Marbois becomes president of the Council of Ancients.
May 20: A drawing of lots removes the moderate republican Étienne-François Letourneur. He is replaced by the royalist diplomat François Barthélemy on June 6.
May 26: The political agitator Babeuf and one supporter, Darthé, are sentenced to death. They are executed in Vendôme on May 27.
June 4: First meeting of the Cercle Constitutionnel, a club of prominent moderate republican deputies. Its leaders include Sieyès, Talleyrand, and Garat.
June 14: Bonaparte installs a new government in Genoa, with the aim of creating a new Ligurian Republic.
June 24: The Director Paul Barras contacts General Hoche, seeking support for a coup d'état against the royalist majority in the two Councils.
June 27: The royalist majority in the Councils repeals the law of October 25, 1795, which added punishments against refractory priests and émigrés.
June 28: French troops land on Corfu, previously owned by Venice.
June 28: General Hoche sends 15,000 soldiers from the Rhine to Brest via Paris, on the pretext of planning an invasion of Ireland.
July 3: Talleyrand proposes a French expedition against Egypt.
July 9: The French support the formation of the Cisalpine Republic, composed of the former Cispadane Republic and Lombardy.
July 16: Conflict within the Directory between Barthélemy and Carnot, favorable to the monarchists, and the three pro-republican directors, Barras, La Révellière-Lépeaux, and Rewbell.
July 17: The army of Hoche arrives within three leagues (see also: Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution] of Paris, a violation of the Constitution. The royalist Councils protest.
July 20: Barras produces evidence that General Pichegru was in secret correspondence with Louis XVIII and the monarchists. Carnot joins sides with the three republican directors.
July 25: The Councils vote a law forbidding political clubs, including the republican Cercle Constitutionnel.
July 27: Bonaparte sends General Augereau to Paris as military commander of the city, to support a coup d'état against the royalists.
August 16: Bonaparte
Timeline of the French Revolution