June Rebellion

June Rebellion
Part of July Revolution
June Rebellion
An 1870 illustration depicting the rebellion
Date5–6 June 1832
Location
Result Government victory, rebellion crushed
Belligerents

July Monarchy

Republicans
Commanders and leaders
Georges Mouton Charles Jeanne
Strength
30,000 3,000
Casualties and losses
73 killed, 344 wounded[1] 93 killed, 291 wounded[1]


The June Rebellion, or the Paris Uprising of 1832 (French: Insurrection républicaine à Paris en juin 1832), was an anti-monarchist insurrection of Parisian republicans on 5 and 6 June 1832.

The rebellion originated in an attempt by republicans to reverse the establishment in 1830 of the July Monarchy of Louis Philippe, shortly after the death of the King's powerful supporter and President of the Council, Casimir Pierre Périer, on 16 May 1832. On 1 June 1832, Jean Maximilien Lamarque, a popular former Army commander who became a member of the French parliament and was critical of the monarchy, died of cholera. The riots that followed his funeral sparked the rebellion. This was the last outbreak of violence linked with the July Revolution of 1830.

The French author Victor Hugo memorialized the rebellion in his 1862 novel Les Misérables, and it figures prominently in the stage musical and films that are based on the book.

  1. ^ a b Duckett, William (ed.). Dictionnaire de la conversation et de la lecture (in French). Vol. 11. p. 702.