24 February 1848AbdicationLouis Phillipe
The Bourbons are overthrown & the second Republic proclaimed
Historical records for France in 1848, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
The Bourbons are overthrown & the second Republic proclaimed
The Bourbons are overthrown & the second Republic proclaimed
Half the Deputies are monarchists divided into 300 Orleanists & 150 Legitimists. Elections take place to the Constituent Assembly
Deposed by Parisian revolutionaries
Appointed President of France, appealing to the nostalgia of the "Napoleonic legend"
Has the responsibility for organizing the election of a Constituent Assembly
All Prefects & most sub-prefects are replaced by revolutionary Commissaries
Has the responsibility for organizing the election of a Constituent Assembly
Elected to the National Assembly
Appointed Minister of Education
Appointed Minister of War
Elected to the National Assembly
Calls on village school teachers to spread the republican faith
Responsible for the abolition of slavery in the French colonies
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