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The Second French Empire was an Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 14 January 1852 to 27 October 1870, between the Second and the Third French Republics. The period was one of significant achievements in infrastructure and economy, while France reasserted itself as the dominant power in Europe.
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French Third Republic. German Empire. Alsace–Lorraine. Today part of. France, Algeria. The time from about 1852 to 1870 is known as Second Empire in French history. Napoléon III was the emperor. First he had an authoritarian style of ruling, but there was a lot of opposition.
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Category. : Second French Empire. Help. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Second French Empire. The Second French Empire (1852-1870) — the Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III in France.
References. Evolution of the French Empire. From the 16th to the 17th centuries, the First French colonial empire stretched from a total area at its peak in 1680 to over 10,000,000 km 2 (3,900,000 sq mi), the second largest empire in the world at the time behind only the Spanish Empire.
The country was ruled for a period as a Republic, until Napoleon Bonaparte's French Empire was declared. Following his defeat in the Napoleonic Wars, France went through several further government changes, being ruled as a monarchy, then briefly as a Second Republic, and then as a Second Empire, until a more lasting French Third Republic was ...
The First French Empire, officially the French Republic, then the French Empire (French: Empire Français; Latin: Imperium Francicum) after 1809 and also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century. It lasted from 18 ...
French Empire may refer to: First French Empire, ruled by Napoleon I and Napoleon II, the French state from 1804 to 1814 and in 1815; Second French Empire, led by Napoleon III, the French state from 1852 to 1870; French colonial empire, the territories controlled by France from the 16th century to the 20th century
