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The coup of 2 December 1851 — Louis-Napoléon seizes absolute power, 2 December 1851
On the anniversary of the coronation and of Austerlitz, the prince-president dissolved the Assembly, had opponents arrested and crushed resistance; a plebiscite ratified the fait accompli, and the Empire was proclaimed one year later to the day. Victor Hugo, gone into exile, would make of him “Napoléon le Petit”. (Editorial synthesis)
The coup of 2 December 1851 took place in Paris. (source: Fondation Napoléon)
The coup of 2 December 1851 ended in the dissolution of the Assembly, the repression of resistance, and the end of the Second Republic. (source: Larousse)
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