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| Keywords: Departure of populace for Rambouillet.jpg Catalyzed by the decreasing popularity of Charles X and the continual economic hardships of the working class the July Revolution of 1830 ended the Bourbon monarchy and brought Louis-Philippe to the throne The first day of violence occurred on July 27th following the publication of the king's controversial ordinances banning freedom of the press Protesters violently rioted throughout Paris and the French government was forced to set up various barricades but to little avail By July 29th the third and final day of fighting the throne of Charles X was clearly overthrown His court was forced to flee to Rambouillet and Louis-Philippe was appointed to the throne Charles X did not however surrender without a fight After refusing to abandon his post at Rambouillet the National Guard along with around 20 000 protestors stormed the Rambouillet palace shown here On August 4th Charles X finally surrendered and left Rambouillet and Louis-Philippe took the civil oath in office five days later 1831 engraving Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line accession number 1093264611963875 PD-old-100 Engravings of Paris Images of Paris from the Brown University Library Charles X of France Château de Rambouillet French Revolution of 1830 1831 in Paris 1831 engravings | ||||
