Albert l'Ouvrier ("Albert the Worker"), born Alexandre Martin (27 April 1815 – 28 May 1895), was a French socialist statesman of the French Second Republic. He was the member of the industrial working class to be join a government of France. April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... The French Second Republic (often simply Second Republic) was the republican regime of France from February 25, 1848 to December 2, 1852. ...

Albert was born in Bury, in the Oise département to a peasant family. As a young man he moved to Paris where he served as an apprentice in his uncle's machine shop; later, he worked as a machinist in a button factory. Oise is a département in the north of France named after the Oise River. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

He participated in the July Revolution of 1830. Throughout his public life, he was known simply as "Albert the Worker," and was closely associated with the socialist Louis Blanc. He was a member of a variety of secret revolutionary societies in the 1830s and 1840s. He was made leader of the revolutionary Nouvelles Saisons society in 1839, and editor of the l'Atelier the following year. Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution The French Revolution of 1830, also known as the July Revolution, was a revolt by the middle class against Bourbon King Charles X which forced him out of office and replaced him with the Orleanist King Louis-Philippe. ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc (October 29, 1811 - December 6, 1882), was a French politician and historian. ... Events and Trends Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday Dutch-speaking farmers known as Voortrekkers emigrate northwards from the Cape Colony Croquet invented in Ireland Railroad construction begins in earnest in the United States Egba refugees fleeing the Yoruba civil wars found the city of Abeokuta in south-west Nigeria... Events and Trends Technology First use of anaesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi New Zealand. ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Albert fought on the barricades in the revolution of 1848, and was a member of the socialist government that formed at the Hôtel de Ville. When the socialists were included into the provisional government, Louis Blanc made Albert - by this time a popular figure among the workers - a secretary. He was sent to the Luxembourg Commission - the provisional government's labor commission - as Louis Blanc's vice-president, a position he held until the 15 May riots. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... In French, a hôtel de ville or mairie is a town hall (and not a hotel). ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ...

Albert and Blanc were two of the only six members of the Luxembourg Commission to be elected in the April elections. The socialists - who, through the Luxembourg Commission ran a virtual state-within-a-state - clashed with the Assembly. Blanc's proposal for a fully fledged ministry of labor in keeping with his ideal for "national workshops" was rejected on 10 May. By this time, Albert had lost faith in the provisional government, and, together with Louis Auguste Blanqui and Armand Barbès, attempted an insurrection of his own. On the 15 May, they led a mob against the government; the riot was bloodily suppressed by the bourgeois National Guards, and Albert and Barbès were captured at the Hôtel de Ville. April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... Louis Auguste Blanqui Louis Auguste Blanqui (February 8, 1805 - January 1, 1881) was a French political activist. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ...

Albert did not defend himself at the subsequent trial at Bourges, in 1849. He was thus found guilty of treason and an attempt to incite revolution, and sent to prison on Belle Île for four years. When he became ill in 1854, he was transferred to Tours, where he remained until he was released by the general amnesty of 16 August 1859. Albert returned to Paris as a working man, taking a job for the gas company. In 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, he was a member of the Commission des Barricades in the Government of National Defense. He stood for election twice in the Third Republic, but lost both attempts. The vaulted nave of Bourges Cathedral Bourges (pop. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to ones nation. ... White dot: Location of Belle ÃŽle in France Red dot: Location of the city Le Palais on Belle ÃŽle Belle ÃŽle or Belle ÃŽle en Mer is a French island off the coast of Brittany in the département of Morbihan. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Location within France Tours is a city in France, the préfecture (capital city) of the Indre-et-Loire département, on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. ... Amnesty (from the Greek amnestia, oblivion) is an act of grace by which the supreme power in a state restores those who may have been guilty of any offence against it to the position of innocent persons. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Franco-Prussian War (July 19, 1870 – May 10, 1871) was fought between France and Prussia (backed by the North German Confederation) allied with the south German states of Baden, Bavaria and Württemberg. ... The French Third Republic, (in French, Troisième Republique, sometimes written as IIIème Republique) (1870/75-1940/46), was the governing body of France between the Second French Empire and the Fourth Republic. ...

Albert retired to Mello in his home département of Oise. On his death in 1895, he was given a national funeral, and his tombstone was given by the government. 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

External links

• Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions entry on Albert l'Ouvrier
• International Institute of Social History entry
• Official biography by the French government (brief)
• Encyclopedia Britannica article