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| 1849, Jan. 29 |
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| With the troops in Paris, the assembly was obliged to vote for its own dissolution after passing the budget and completing the constitution. The conservative forces—the Legitimists, Orléanists, and Bonapartists—united through a central committee (Union électorale) to win votes under a program designed to save society from the radical elements of 1848 through revival of the influence of the Catholic Church. The Conservatives won a large majority of the seats, but the radical Republicans fared much better than they had anticipated. | 1 |
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| June 13 |
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| Alexandre Ledru-Rollin engineered a revolt in Paris, which led to a series of arrests, repression of the banquets, and dissolution of the mutual benefit societies. | 2 |
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| Oct. 31 |
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| Louis-Napoleon dismissed his cabinet over a dispute regarding French support for the restoration of the papal regime in Rome (See July 1). He then summoned Gen. d'Hautpoul as premier and created a cabinet “devoted to his own person,” dominated by Eugène Rouher, minister of justice. The president had, in fact, established a thinly veiled dictatorship. | 3 |
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