Jules Simon, who is too conservative for…

Jules Simon, who is too conservative for the Chamber of Deputies, is forced to resign on May 16, 1877, setting the stage for the "Crisis of the Sixteenth of May.”

The crisis has been triggered by President Mac-Mahon, who substitutes Simon with a new "Ordre moral" government led by the Orleanist Albert, duc de Broglie.

Mac-Mahon favors a presidential government, while the Republicans in the chamber consider the parliament as the predominant political organ, which decides the policies of the nation.

The Chamber refuses to accord its trust to the new government.

On May 16, 1877, three hundred and sixty-three French deputies—among them Georges Clemenceau, Jean Casimir-Perier and Émile Loubet—pass a vote of no confidence (Manifeste des 363).