King Louis Philippe's Abdication, 1848
Entitled: "Burning the royal carriages at the Chateau d'Eu." On February 24, 1848, King Louis Philippe abdicated in favor of his 9 year old grandson, Philippe, comte de Paris. Fearful of what had happened to Louis XVI, he quickly left Paris under disguise, and fled to England. The National Assembly of France initially planned to accept young Philippe as king, but the strong current of public opinion rejected that. On February 26, the Second Republic was proclaimed. Louis Napol̩on Bonaparte was elected President on December10 of the same year; on December 2, 1851, he declared himself president for life and then Emperor Napoleon III in 1852. The 1848 Revolution in France was one of a wave of revolutions in 1848 in Europe. In France the revolutionary events ended the Orleans monarchy (1830-48) and led to the creation of the French Second Republic. N. Currier lithograph, 1848.
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