French Second Republic
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The French Second Republic, officially the French Republic, was the second republican formation of the government of France. The republic existed from 1848, when the monarchy fell, until its dissoluti
Revolutionaries storming the Chamber of Deputies on 24 February
The members of the Provisional Government of 1848
Barricades on rue Faubourg-du-Temple, 25 June 1848. These are the first barricades ever photographed
The chamber of the National Assembly of the Second Republic, in 1848
The Bourbon Restoration was the period of French history during which the House of Bourbon returned to power after the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1814 and 1815. Exiled supporters of the monarchy re
French Second Republic
…Following the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo, in June 1815, France had been reconstituted into a monarchy known as the Bourbon Restoration. After a brief period of revolutionary turmoil in 1830, royal power was again secured in the "July Monarchy", governed under principles of moderate…
The allied armies parading on the Place de la Concorde, 1814
Louis XVIII Raising France from Its Ruins by Louis-Philippe Crépin
Louis XVIII making a return at the Hôtel de Ville de Paris on 29 August 1814
Louis XVIII, asked if he intends to include anyone from the House of Bonaparte in his royal services, responds "I will take none." (18 July 1815)