Administrative Reforms: Prefects, Bank of France and the University (1799–1815)

1. Constitution of Year VIII founds the Consulate

   Dec 13, 1799Labels: Consulate, Napoleon Bonaparte

   • Britannica
   • L gifrance

2. Constitution takes effect, enabling rapid state-building

   Dec 25, 1799Labels: Consulate, Organic laws

   • Napoleon org
   • Constitution text

3. Banque de France founded to stabilize credit

   Jan 18, 1800Labels: Banque de

   • Banque de France

4. Law creates prefects and subprefects in departments

   Feb 17, 1800Labels: Prefects, Departments

   • Napoleon Series
   • Napoleon org

5. Concordat reorders church-state administration

   Jul 15, 1801Labels: Concordat, Catholic Church

   • Napoleon org

6. Lycées established for state-directed secondary education

   May 1, 1802Labels: Lyc es

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   • Lyc e g

7. Banque de France gains note-issue privilege in Paris

   Jan 1, 1803Labels: Banque de

   • Banque de France

8. Civil Code promulgated, standardizing private law

   Mar 21, 1804Labels: Civil Code

   • Britannica
   • Napoleon org

9. Banque de France statutes revised after crisis

   Jan 1, 1806Labels: Banque de, Governor

   • Banque de France

10. Education corps created as the Imperial University

    May 10, 1806Labels: Imperial University

    • Napoleon org
    • Napoleon Empire

11. Cour des comptes created to audit public accounts

    Sep 16, 1807Labels: Cour des

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    • Cour des comptes

12. Decree organizes the Imperial University nationwide

    Mar 17, 1808Labels: Imperial University, Academies

    • Napoleon Series

13. Napoleon abdicates, testing institutional durability

    Apr 11, 1814Labels: Napoleon, Treaty of

    • Treaty text
    • Treaty overview

14. Second abdication ends the Napoleonic period in France

    Jun 22, 1815Labels: Napoleon, Hundred Days

    • Britannica
    • Napoleon I