Chronology of France under the Second Empire

1851

See also: 1851 in France

December 2nd: Coup d'etat of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
20 - December 21st: Votes by plebiscite.

1852

See also: 1852 in France

December 2nd: Proclamation of the Second Empire, Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte becomes Napoleon III.

1853

See also: 1853 in France

January 29th: Marriage of Napoleon III and Eugenie de Montijo.
Mars: Businesses of the holy places
June 1853: Haussmann prefect of the Seine and beginning of great work in Paris

1854

See also: 1854 in France

March 27th: The the United Kingdom and France declare the war with the Russia, to support the Ottoman Empire. Crimean War.
July at November: Epidemic of Cholera in France.
September 4th: Franco-British unloading in the Crimea. Victoire of Alma (September 20th). Beginning of the seat of Sébastopol.

1855

See also: 1855 in France

September 10th: Catch of Sébastopol and the turn Malakov by the Franco-British ones. The Russian evacuate the city.

1856

See also: 1856 in France

March 16th: Birth of imperial prince Eugene, wire of Napoleon III.
March 30th: Treaty of Paris (1856), end of the Crimean War. France seems the principal winner.

1857

See also: 1857 in France

June 21st: Elections with the legislative Body. Victoire of the official candidates (90%), but bored republican S, in spite of an electoral campaign again controlled by the prefects.

1858

See also: 1858 in France

January 14th: Attack of Orsini against Napoleon III. He is carried out on March 13rd.
February 19th: Vote Loi of general security, which makes it possible to condemn to the prison or the exile, without judgment, all the recidivists or even the simple “suspects”.
July 21st: Secret interview of Plombières between Napoleon III and Cavour, Prime Minister for Piedmont.

1859

See also: 1859 in France

May 3rd: Declaration of war in Austria. Beginning of the Countryside of Italy.
June 4th: Magenta Victoire of on the Austrians
June 24th: Victoire of Solférino on the Austrians.
July: Villafranca
August 15th: Decree of general Amnesty of condemned political.
November 10th: Treaty of Zurich with Austria putting an end to the war of Italy. Piedmont annexes Lombardy.

1860

See also: 1860 in France

January 23rd: Signature of a treaty of Free trade with the United Kingdom.
March 24th: Fastening by referendum of the Savoy and Nice in France (treated of Turin between France and the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia).
November 24th: Decree giving to the legislative Body and the Senate right of address (response of the Rooms to the annual speech of the Throne).

1861

See also: 1861 in France

1862

See also: 1862 in France

Forwarding of Mexico (1861-1867), free-hispano-British, to defend their economic interests. France continues only the fight (failure in front of Puebla in May 1862).

1863

See also: 1863 in France

May 31st: Elections with the legislative Body, progress of the opposition.
June 7th: The French seize Mexico City.

1864

See also: 1864 in France

January 11th: Speech of Adolphe Thiers on the “necessary Freedoms”. Parliamentary opposition, foundation of the “Third party”.
February 17th: Publication of the " Proclamation of Soixante" written by Tolain
May 25th: Law authorizing the coalition of the workmen and granting the Right to strike.
June 12th: Arrival of Maximilien de Habsbourg, brother of the emperor of Austria, with the Mexico; he is proclaimed emperor.

1865

See also: 1865 in France

October: Interview of Biarritz between Napoleon III and Bismarck.

1866

See also: 1866 in France

1867

See also: 1867 in France

January 19th: Napoleon III announces liberal reforms. Re-establishment of the Right of interpellation (request for explanation addressed to a minister by a member of the Parliament).
February: Forwarding of Mexico (1861-1867), evacuation of the French troops. Maximilien is carried out on June 19th.
March 14th: Senatus consult increasing the capacities of the Senate.
November: French military forwarding in Rome to protect the pope Black and white IX from the “thousand of Garibaldi”.

1868

See also: 1868 in France

January 14th: Law Niel on the reorganization of the army to increase manpower.
March 20th: dissolution of the French section of International the
May 11th: liberal Law on the press, removing the Prior approval and the warnings.
June 6th: Law of public meetings, to authorize to discuss industrial, agricultural or literary questions.

1869

See also: 1869 in France

May 24th: Elections with the legislative Body (Program of Belleville of Gambetta), strong progress of the opposition.
September 8th: Senatus consult giving capacities increased to the legislative Body which will be able to file in bills.
November 16th: Inauguration of the Suez Canal by the empress Eugenie.

1870

See also: 1870 in France

January 2nd: Formation of the ministry Ollivier, in favor of the liberal reforms.
April 20th: Senatus consult modifying the mode in a parliamentary direction.
May 8th: Plebiscite approving the liberal reforms (see here: Plebiscite of the Empire-liberal (1870)).
July 13rd: Dispatch of Ems, sent by Bismarck, Prussian Prime Minister, with Napoleon III, to incite the France to declare the war, and to thus make play the defensive alliance which binds the German States of the South to those of North.
July 19th: France declares the war in Prussia.
August: French defeats vis-a-vis the Prussians with Wissembourg, Forbach-Spicheren and Frœschwiller-Wœrth.
September 2nd: Napoleon III, encircled with Sedan, capitulates.
September 4th: The Parliament proclaims the forfeiture of Napoleon III and the establishment of the République. Formation of a provisional government.

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