Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès
1748 – 1836 · aged 88
French priest and statesman (1748-1836)
- Born
- 3 May 1748 · Fréjus
- Died
- 20 Jun 1836 · Paris
Life timeline
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- 3 May 1748BornBorn in Fréjus
- 1789 – 1798RoleMember
- 1789 – 1799Took partFrench Revolution
- 1792 – 1795RoleMember
- 1795RolePresident of the National Convention
- 1797RolePresident
- 1799 – 1800RolePresident
- 1803 – 1816RoleMember of the Académie française
- 20 Jun 1836DiedDied in Paris
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1748 – 1836).
- 1756 – 1763Seven Years' War
- c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution
- 1765 – 1783American Revolution
- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
Biography
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (3 May 1748 – 20 June 1836), usually known as the Abbé Sieyès (traditional French pronunciation: [sijɛːs]; modern pronunciation: [sjejɛs]), was a French Catholic priest, abbé, and political writer who was a leading political theorist of the French Revolution (1789–1799). He also held offices in the governments of the French Consulate (1799–1804) and the First French Empire (1804–1815).
His pamphlet What Is the Third Estate? (1789) became the political manifesto of the Revolution, which facilitated transforming the Estates-General into the National Assembly, in June 1789. He was offered and refused an office in the French Directory (1795–1799). After becoming a director in 1799, Sieyès was among the instigators of the Coup of 18 Brumaire (9 November), which installed Napoleon Bonaparte in power.
In addition to his political and clerical life, Sieyès coined the term "sociologie", and contributed to the nascent social sciences.
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