Fall of the Second French Empire

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The Fall of the Second French Empire was the 1870 collapse of Napoleon III’s imperial regime, triggered by defeat in the Franco-Prussian War and leading to the proclamation of the French Third Republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
political collapse
alsoKnownAs collapse of the Second French Empire
downfall of Napoleon III
appliesToJurisdiction France
chronologyWithin Franco-Prussian War
country France
endTime 1870
followed Second Empire of France
surface form: Second French Empire
followedBy French Third Republic
proclamation of the French Third Republic
hasCause Franco-Prussian War
capture of Napoleon III at Sedan
defeat of France by Prussia
domestic opposition to Napoleon III
loss of regime legitimacy
military defeats of the French Army in 1870
hasEffect abolition of the imperial regime in France
end of Napoleon III’s reign
establishment of a republican government in France
political instability in France
rise of the Third Republic
hasPart Battle of Sedan (1870)
surface form: Battle of Sedan
historicalPeriod Franco-Prussian War
surface form: Franco-Prussian War era
languageOfWorkOrName English
location France
Paris
mainSubject Napoleon III of France
surface form: Napoleon III
participant Adolphe Thiers
French Army
Government of National Defence
Léon Gambetta
Napoleon III of France
surface form: Napoleon III

North German Confederation
Prussian Army
partOf Franco-Prussian War
pointInTime 4 September 1870
precededBy Second Empire of France
surface form: Second French Empire
relatedTo Paris Commune
Treaty of Frankfurt
surface form: Treaty of Frankfurt (1871)

unification of Germany
significantEvent capture of Napoleon III at Sedan
proclamation of the Republic in Paris
Siege of Paris
surface form: siege of Paris (1870–1871)
startTime 1870
temporalContext late 19th century

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Emperor of the French abolishedAsResultOf Fall of the Second French Empire
Emperor of the French abolishedAsResultOf Fall of the Second French Empire
this entity surface form: Proclamation of the French Third Republic
French Empire notableEvent Fall of the Second French Empire
this entity surface form: Fall of the Second Empire in 1870