Constitution of the Year X

First page of the Constitution of the Year X

The Constitution of the Year X was a national constitution of France adopted during the Year X (10) of the French Revolutionary Calendar (1802 in the Gregorian calendar). It amended the Constitution of the Year VIII, revising the Consulate to augment Napoleon Bonaparte's authority by making him First Consul for Life.

Both the Constitution of the Year X and the Constitution of the Year VIII were further amended by the Constitution of the Year XII, which established the First French Empire with Napoleon as Emperor.

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Constitution du 4 août 1802

Constitutions of France

1791 1793 (Year I) 1795 (Year III) 1799 (Year VIII) 1802 (Year X) 1804 (Year XII) 1814 1815 1830 1848 1852 1875 1940 1945 1946 1958 Proposed: Girondin constitutional project (1793)