=February 22 to December 19, 1848.=--The revolution commenced in a
popular insurrection at Paris, February, 1848. The royal family escaped
by flight to England; a provisional government was established, monarchy
abolished, and France declared a republic.
=1848-1852.=--Charles Louis Napoleon (1808-1873); declared by the
National Assembly President of the Republic of France; and proclaimed
next day, December 20, 1848; elected for ten years, December, 1851.