nov 9, 1799 - Napoleon Coup D'etat 1851

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Louis surprise the entire nation when, on December 2, 1851, he seized power in a coup d'etat and became dictator of France. One year later, he declared himself Napoleon III and set out to bring France back to its former glory in the Second Empire. Coup d'état, also called Coup, the sudden, violent overthrow of an existing government by a small group. The chief prerequisite for a coup is control of all or part of the armed forces, the police, and other military elements.

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