Today in History | 16 May 1877 Crisis (1877)

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May 16, 2011, 09:02 AM
On May 16, 1877—le Seize Mai—French Republic president Marie MacMahon, a monarchist, attempted to rescue the monarchical cause by dismissing the republican prime minister and replacing him with a monarchist leader and cabinet. When the Chamber of Deputies rejected the new government, MacMahon dissolved parliament and ordered new elections, precipitating a crisis.

His efforts spectacularly backfired, however, when the republicans triumphantly returned to government through what means?


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