July Revolution
Videos
The July Revolution, also known as the French Revolution of 1830, Second French Revolution, or les Trois Glorieuses, was a second French Revolution after the first of 1789–99. It led to the overthrow
Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix captures and commemorates the July Revolution.
Charles X painted by Thomas Lawrence, 1825
THE GREAT NUTCRACKER OF JULY 25th. In this caricature, Charles X attempts to break a billiard ball marked "charter" with his teeth, but finds the nut too hard to crack.
Scenes of July 1830, a painting by Léon Cogniet, showing the transformation into a brighter French Republic.
Marquis de Lafayette
Videos
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, known in the United States as Lafayette, was a French military officer and politician who volunteered to join the Continental Army
July Revolution
…of France Royal Guard French Royal Army Supported by: Ultra-royalists Doctrinaires (factions) Commanders and leaders Adolphe Thiers Jacques Laffitte Marquis de La Fayette King Charles X Jules de Polignac Auguste de Marmont The July Revolution (French: Révolution de Juillet), also known as the French Revolution of 1830…
Lafayette's birthplace in Chavaniac, Auvergne
Lafayette's wife, Marie Adrienne Francoise
Statue of Lafayette in front of the Governor Palace in Metz, where he decided to join the American cause.
1879 Alonzo Chappel print of Lafayette (center) being introduced by Baron Johann de Kalb (left) to Silas Deane