The coup of 1851 in France had…
January 1852 CE
The coup of 1851 in France had alienated the reactionary and careerist elements in the Assembly.
Victor Hugo, who had hitherto shown support for Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, had decided to go into exile after the coup, and will become one of the harshest critics of Napoleon III, despite the amnesty of political opponents in 1859.
President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic on January 14, 1852.