jan 3, 1848 - FRANCE
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Monarch Louis Phillpe was corrupt and conservative. In February 1848, the king was deposed and the Second French Republic was created. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon's nephew) was elected president, but he declared himself Emperor of the Second French Empire in 1852.
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REVOLUTIONS OF 1920-1948
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