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The French Revolution of 1848 (French: Révolution française de 1848), also known as the February Revolution (Révolution de février), was a period of civil unrest in France, in February 1848, that led to the collapse of the July Monarchy and the foundation of the French Second Republic. It sparked the wave of revolutions of 1848.
In 1830 the Belgian Revolution had broken out inspired by the revolution occurring in France, and Belgian authorities feared that a similar 'copycat' phenomenon might occur in 1848. Shortly after the revolution in France, Belgian migrant workers living in Paris were encouraged to return to Belgium to overthrow the monarchy and establish a ...
28 August - Louisy Mathieu becomes the first black member to join the French parliament, as a representative of Guadeloupe. 4 November - France ratifies a new constitution. The Second Republic of France is set up, ending the state of temporary government lasting since the Revolution of 1848. 10 December - Presidential election held.
The July Monarchy (French: Monarchie de Juillet), officially the Kingdom of France (French: Royaume de France), was a liberal constitutional monarchy in France under Louis Philippe I, starting on 26 July 1830, with the revolutionary victory after the July Revolution of 1830, and ending 23 February 1848, with the Revolution of 1848.
February 24 – Louis Philippe I, King of the French, abdicates in favour of his grandson, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, and flees to England after days of revolution in Paris. The French Second Republic is later proclaimed by Alphonse de Lamartine, in the name of the provisional government elected by the Chamber, under the pressure of the mob.
The Variant of the French tricolor flag used by the Republic for a few days, between 24 February and 5 March 1848 [2] France's "February Revolution" of 1848, was the first of the Revolutions of 1848. The events of the revolution led to the end of the 1830–1848 Orleans Monarchy and led to the creation of the Second Republic.
France will wage war with the United Kingdom in the Americas and other parts of the world assuring victory with the Peace of Paris. 1786: 21–23 June: Louis XVI visits Cherbourg to see the construction site of the dam and the arsenal. 1789: 14 July: The French Revolution began with the storming of the Bastille. 1793: 21 January
The June Days uprising (French: les journées de Juin) was an uprising staged by French workers from 22 to 26 June 1848. [1] It was in response to plans to close the National Workshops, created by the Second Republic in order to provide work and a minimal source of income for the unemployed.