The French Revolution of 1848 began in Paris with banquets and demonstrations against the government of King Louis-Philippe, whose regime was criticized for corruption and a narrow electorate. After street fighting, the king abdicated and fled, and the Second Republic was proclaimed. The provisional government introduced universal male suffrage and tried to deal with unemployment through national workshops. When these were closed, workers rose in the bloody June Days, which were suppressed by the army. Elections in December brought Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, nephew of the emperor, to the presidency, and he later seized power and made himself emperor. The revolution also set off a wave of uprisings across Europe.
Before and after
- 24 January 1848Gold is found at Sutter's Mill: the California Gold Rush begins
- 2 February 1848Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- 16 February 1848Birth of Octave Mirbeau
- 21 February 1848Publication of The Communist Manifesto
- from 22 February 1848 to 2 December 1848French Revolution of 1848
- 23 February 1848Death of John Quincy Adams
- from 24 February 1848 to 2 December 1852French Second Republic
- from 15 March 1848 to 4 October 1849Hungarian Revolution of 1848
- from 18 March 1848 to 22 March 1848Five Days of Milan
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