The French Second Republic was established after a popular uprising in Paris overthrew King Louis-Philippe, and it introduced universal male suffrage, expanding the electorate to millions of men. Its early months saw the creation of national workshops for the unemployed, and the bloody June Days uprising of the Paris workers, which was crushed by General Cavaignac. A new constitution created a strong presidency, and in the election at the end of 1848 Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, a nephew of Napoleon I, won an overwhelming victory. Unable to run again under the constitution, he staged a coup d'état in December 1851, and a year later proclaimed himself Emperor Napoleon III, which ended the republic and began the Second Empire.
Before and after
- 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
- from 24 March 1848 to 8 May 1851First Schleswig War
- June 1848Publication of Deșteaptă-te, române!
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The era
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