Siege of Rome
Oudinot lays siege to Rome
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1849 in France
Explore 8 historical events and records for France in 1849.
Historical records for France in 1849
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Coup
Heads a provisional Government for 2 hours before fleeing to England
Exile of Alexandre-Auguste Ledru-Rollin
Heads a provisional Government for 2 hours before fleeing to England
Provisional Government
Heads a provisional Government for 2 hours before fleeing to England
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Amiens Cathedral
Begins restoration work on Amiens Cathedral
Peoples Bank Project Collapses
Proudhon's effort to establish a people's bank failed amid financial and political obstacles in revolutionary France.
Proudhon Imprisoned Over Presidential Criticism
Proudhon was sentenced to prison after publishing attacks on President Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
Speed of Light
The first successful entirely earthbound measurement of the speed of light is carried out by Hippolyte Fizeau, measuring the speed of light in air, which is slower than the speed of light in vacuum by a factor of the refractive index of air 1.0003
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