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Coronation of His Majesty King Charles X, in Rheims, 29 May 1825
1825
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Revolution of 1830 (29 July). Building barricades.
Dedicated to the citizens of Paris
1830
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The interior of the Queen's carriage: meeting between Louis-Philippe and Queen Victoria
1844
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Guisot (sic): Sir, do we have to agree to the reforms? Philippe: No! No! No my friend, not even the slightest reform [etc.]
1848
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Napoléon III stands on a bleeding dragon and Napoléon I, descending from the heavens on the back of an eagle, crowns him as the crowds and the army cheer.
1852
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Political life (1815–70)
France experienced a period of constitutional monarchy under the reigns of Louis XVIII (1815–25), Charles X (1825–10) and Louis-Philippe (1830–48). After Charles X abdicated, as a result of the three-day riot of the Parisian people, Louis Philippe faced a wave of public discontent. His abdication (February 1848) is followed by the brief return of the Republic, which establishes universal suffrage for men and restores people’s rights; thus, slavery is abolished.
At the end of 1848, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte is elected President of the Second Republic. After his coup d’Etat (1851), the Second Empire (1852–70) then comes to an end due to France’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. Leon Gambetta (1838–82) proclaims the Republic.
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