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The Second French Empire, [a] officially the French Empire, [b] was the government of France from 1852 to 1870. It was established on 2 December 1852 by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte , president of France under the French Second Republic , who proclaimed himself Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.
Second Opium War: British and French troops entered the Forbidden City in Beijing. 1866: 31 May: French intervention in Mexico: French troops start withdrawing from the country. 1870–1940: Third Republic: 1871: 10 May: The end of the Franco-Prussian War: France's loss marked the downfall of Napoleon III and led to the end of the Second French ...
The Second French Empire (1852-1870) — the Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III in France. See also the preceding Category:French Second Republic and the succeeding Category:French Third Republic
The new boulevards and parks built by Haussmann during the Second Empire. In 1853, Napoleon III assigned his new prefect of the Seine department, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, the task of bringing more water, air, and light into the city center, widening the streets to make traffic circulation easier, and making it the most beautiful city in Europe.
It ended the constitutional monarchy of Louis-Philippe, and led to the creation of the French Second Republic. After an interim period, Louis-Napoleon, the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, was elected as president. In 1851, he staged a coup d'état and established himself as a dictatorial emperor of the Second French Empire. [34]
"Partant pour la Syrie" (French: [paʁtɑ̃ puʁ la siʁi]; lit. ' Leaving for Syria ' ) was the de facto national anthem of the Second French Empire , used between 1852 and 1870. The music was composed by Hortense de Beauharnais , [ 1 ] and the lyrics were written by Alexandre de Laborde , in or around 1807.
The French Army 1600–1900; Map of European situation at the time of the Siege of Paris (omniatlas.com) The Siege and Commune of Paris, 1870–1871: Photographs in the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections at Northwestern University Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
He expanded the French colonial empire, made the French merchant navy the second largest in the world, and personally engaged in two wars. Maintaining leadership for 22 years, he was the longest-reigning French head of state since the fall of the Ancien Régime , although his reign would ultimately end upon his surrender to Otto von Bismarck ...