The June Rebellion of 1832 was the last major republican insurrection against the July Monarchy and was later immortalized in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables.
Key Facts
- Dates of Rebellion
- 5–6 June 1832
- Type of Event
- Anti-monarchist republican insurrection
- Immediate Trigger
- Funeral of General Jean Maximilien Lamarque
- Reigning Monarch
- Louis Philippe (July Monarchy)
- Notable Commemoration
- Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables (1862)
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Republican opposition to the July Monarchy of Louis Philippe had been growing since 1830. The deaths from cholera of Prime Minister Casimir Pierre Périer and the popular General Jean Maximilien Lamarque, a critic of the monarchy and member of the French parliament, created a charged atmosphere that republicans sought to exploit to reverse the monarchist settlement.
On 5 and 6 June 1832, Parisian republicans launched an armed insurrection against the July Monarchy. The uprising began when riots broke out following General Lamarque's funeral procession, escalating into open street fighting in Paris as republicans attempted to overthrow the government of Louis Philippe.
The rebellion was suppressed by government forces, ending the last major outbreak of violence connected to the July Revolution of 1830. Though it failed politically, the insurrection gained lasting cultural resonance through Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables and the subsequent stage musical and film adaptations based on the book.