French coup of 2 December 1851
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The French coup of 2 December 1851 was Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte’s seizure of dictatorial power that dissolved the Second Republic and paved the way for the establishment of the Second French Empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| French coup d’état of 2 December 1851 | 1 |
| French coup of 2 December 1851 canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: French coup of 2 December 1851 Context triple: [The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, historicalEventAnalyzed, French coup of 2 December 1851]
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May Coup d'État
The May Coup d'État was a 1926 military takeover in Poland led by Józef Piłsudski that overthrew the democratic government and established a more authoritarian regime.
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Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
The Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII was a 1799 political upheaval in revolutionary France in which opposition forces in the legislature forced the resignation of several Directors, significantly weakening the Directory regime shortly before Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power.
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Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI
The Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI was a political purge during the French Directory in 1798, in which the government annulled election results to remove a surge of radical and opposition deputies from the legislature.
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Coup of 18 Fructidor
The Coup of 18 Fructidor was a decisive 1797 purge by France’s Directory that crushed royalist influence, annulled recent elections, and marked a turn toward more authoritarian republican rule.
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Fall of the Second French Empire
The Fall of the Second French Empire was the 1870 collapse of Napoleon III’s imperial regime, triggered by defeat in the Franco-Prussian War and leading to the proclamation of the French Third Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: French coup of 2 December 1851 Target entity description: The French coup of 2 December 1851 was Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte’s seizure of dictatorial power that dissolved the Second Republic and paved the way for the establishment of the Second French Empire.
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A.
May Coup d'État
The May Coup d'État was a 1926 military takeover in Poland led by Józef Piłsudski that overthrew the democratic government and established a more authoritarian regime.
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B.
Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
The Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII was a 1799 political upheaval in revolutionary France in which opposition forces in the legislature forced the resignation of several Directors, significantly weakening the Directory regime shortly before Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power.
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C.
Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI
The Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI was a political purge during the French Directory in 1798, in which the government annulled election results to remove a surge of radical and opposition deputies from the legislature.
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D.
Coup of 18 Fructidor
The Coup of 18 Fructidor was a decisive 1797 purge by France’s Directory that crushed royalist influence, annulled recent elections, and marked a turn toward more authoritarian republican rule.
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E.
Fall of the Second French Empire
The Fall of the Second French Empire was the 1870 collapse of Napoleon III’s imperial regime, triggered by defeat in the Franco-Prussian War and leading to the proclamation of the French Third Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional crisis
ⓘ
coup d'état ⓘ political event ⓘ |
| aim |
extension of presidential mandate
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overthrow of the Second Republic ⓘ restoration of authoritarian rule ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
1851 French coup d'état
NERFINISHED
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Coup d'État of 2 December 1851 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicallyAfter | French Revolution of 1848 ⓘ |
| chronologicallyBefore | proclamation of Napoleon III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | 2 December ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| date | 1851-12-02 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1851-12-04 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
French constitutional referendum of 1851
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French constitutional referendum of 1852 NERFINISHED ⓘ proclamation of the Second French Empire ⓘ |
| genre | coup d'état in France ⓘ |
| hasCause |
conflict between president and National Assembly
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constitutional limit on presidential re-election ⓘ political deadlock in the Second Republic ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
consolidation of power by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
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dissolution of the French Second Republic ⓘ establishment of the Second French Empire ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| leader | Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
French Second Republic
NERFINISHED
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Paris ⓘ |
| mainPerpetrator | Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
French Legitimists
NERFINISHED
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French left-wing opposition ⓘ republican deputies ⓘ |
| partOf |
19th-century French political history
ⓘ
history of the Second French Republic ⓘ |
| precededBy |
French Second Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
presidency of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
French Second Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Napoleon III NERFINISHED ⓘ Second French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
arrest of opposition deputies
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authoritarian regime under Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte ⓘ dissolution of the National Assembly ⓘ repression of republican opposition ⓘ suspension of the 1848 Constitution of France ⓘ |
| significantParticipant |
French Army
NERFINISHED
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French Bonapartists NERFINISHED ⓘ French National Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ French republicans ⓘ Paris police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 1851-12-02 ⓘ |
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Subject: French coup of 2 December 1851 Description of subject: The French coup of 2 December 1851 was Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte’s seizure of dictatorial power that dissolved the Second Republic and paved the way for the establishment of the Second French Empire.
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