Quick Facts
- French:
- Révolution de Juillet
- Also called:
- July Days
- Date:
- July 27, 1830 - August 9, 1830
- Location:
- France
- Context:
- Revolutions of 1830
- Key People:
- Charles X
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Liberty Leading the People
Liberty Leading the People, oil on canvas by Eugène Delacroix, 1830; in the Louvre, Paris. 260 × 325 cm.
July Revolution
French history
Also known as: July Days, Révolution de Juillet
July Revolution, (1830), insurrection that brought Louis-Philippe to the throne of France. The revolution was precipitated by Charles X’s publication (July 26) of restrictive ordinances contrary to the spirit of the Charter of 1814. Protests and demonstrations were followed by three days of fighting (July 27–29), the abdication of Charles X (August 2), and the proclamation of Louis-Philippe as “king of the French” (August 9). In the July Revolution the upper middle class, or bourgeoisie, secured a political and social ascendancy that was to characterize the period known as the July Monarchy (1830–48). See also 1830, revolutions of.
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