The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.
The French Revolution of 1848 (French: Révolution française de 1848), also known as the February Revolution (Révolution de février), was a revolution in France that ended the July Monarchy and established the French Second Republic. It sparked a wave of revolutions in 1848 in Europe.
Following the overthrow of King Louis Philippe I in February 1848, the Second Republic was established and was ruled by a provisional government. The Revolution established the principle of the right to work (droit au travail), and its newly established government created National Workshops (ateliers nationaux) for the unemployed. In the months that followed, this government steered a course that became more conservative, which led to the start in June 1848 of the June Days uprising, a bloody but unsuccessful rebellion by the Paris workers. In November 1848 a new constitution was implemented, and the next month Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte was elected president of the Second Republic.