<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Coup of 18 Brumaire </Td> <Td> 9 November 1799 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed emperor by the Senate </Td> <Td> 18 May 1804 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Currency </Td> <Td> livre (to 1794), franc, assignat </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Preceded by </Td> <Td> Succeeded by </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kingdom of France (1791--92) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Austrian Netherlands </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> First French Empire </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr>

Who set out to build a french republic of virtue whose rule became known as the reign of terror