Louis Auguste Blanqui

Louis Auguste Blanqui (February 8, 1805 - January 1, 1881) was a French political activist. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (470x640, 45 KB) Photo of french communist w:Louis Auguste Blanqui ; 19th centrury photo from [1] [2] File links The following pages link to this file: Louis Auguste Blanqui ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (470x640, 45 KB) Photo of french communist w:Louis Auguste Blanqui ; 19th centrury photo from [1] [2] File links The following pages link to this file: Louis Auguste Blanqui ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

He was born in Puget-Théniers, Alpes-Maritimes, where his father, Jean Dominique Blanqui, was subprefect. He studied both law and medicine, but found his real vocation in politics, and quickly became a champion of the most advanced opinions. He took an active part in the July Revolution of 1830, and for maintaining the doctrine of republicanism during the reign of Louis Philippe, was condemned to repeated terms of imprisonment. Implicated in the armed outbreak of the Société des Saisons, of which he was a leading spirit, he was in 1840 condemned to death, a sentence later commuted to life imprisonment. Alpes_Maritimes is a département in the extreme southeast corner of France. ... Corruption Jurisprudence Philosophy of law Law (principle) List of legal abbreviations Legal code Intent Letter versus Spirit Natural Justice Natural law Religious law Witness intimidation Legal research External links Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Law Look up law in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Law, Legal Definitions... NLM (National Library of Medicine, contains resources for patients and healthcare professionals) Virtual Hospital (digital health sciences library by the University of Iowa) Online Medical Dictionary Collection of links to free medical resources Wikicities has a wiki about medicine: Medicine Categories: Medicine | Health ... The Elections and Parties Series Democracy Liberal democracy History of democracy Referenda Representative democracy Representation Voting Voting systems Elections Elections by country Elections by calender Electoral systems Politics Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Related topics Political parties Parties by country Parties by name Parties by ideology... 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). ... This article is on the political theory of republicanism. ... Louis-Philippe of France (October 6, 1773–August 26, 1850), served as the Orleanist king of the French from 1830 to 1848. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He was released during the revolution of 1848, only to resume his attacks on existing institutions. The revolution did not satisfy him. The violence of the Société républicaine centrale, which was founded by Blanqui to demand a modification of the government, brought him into conflict with the more moderate Republicans, and in 1849 he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. The Revolution of 1848 in France Up to 1848 in France As 1848 began, liberals awaited the death of King Louis Philippe, expecting revolution after his death. ...

In 1865, while serving a further term of imprisonment under the Empire, he escaped, and continued his propaganda campaign against the government from abroad, until the general amnesty of 1869 enabled him to return to France. Blanqui's leaning towards violence was illustrated in 1870 by two unsuccessful armed demonstrations: one on January 12 at the funeral of Victor Noir, the journalist shot by Pierre Bonaparte; the other on August 14, when he led an attempt to seize some guns at a barrack. Upon the fall of the Empire, through the revolution of September 4, Blanqui established the club and journal La patrie en danger. 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... North Korean propaganda showing a soldier destroying the United States Capitol building. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Legend has it that rubbing certain parts of this life-size statue atop Victor Noirs grave ensures a blissful sex life. ... Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte (October 11, 1815 - April 7, 1881) was the son of Lucien Bonaparte and nephew of Emperor Napoleon. ... August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ...

He was one of the group that briefly seized the reins of power on October 31, and for his share in that outbreak he was again condemned to death on March 17 of the following year. A few days afterwards the insurrection which established the Paris Commune broke out, and Blanqui was elected a member of the insurgent government, but his detention in prison prevented him from taking an active part. Nevertheless he was in 1872 condemned along with the other members of the Commune to transportation; on account of his broken health this sentence was commuted to one of imprisonment. In 1879 he was elected a deputy for Bordeaux; although the election was pronounced invalid, Blanqui was freed, and immediately resumed his work of agitation. October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... The term Paris Commune originally referred to the government of Paris during the French Revolution. ... City motto: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem. ...

After a speech at a revolutionary meeting in Paris, he was struck down by apoplexy. He died on January 1, 1881 and was interred in the Père Lachaise Cemetery. Apoplexy is an old-fashioned medical term, generally used interchangeably with cerebrovascular accident (CVA or stroke) but having other meanings as well. ... Looking down the hill at the Père Lachaise cemetery The Cimetière du Père Lachaise is the largest cemetery in Paris, and one of the most famous cemeteries in the world. ...

His uncompromising communism, and his determination to enforce it by violence, had brought him into conflict with every French government, and half his life had been spent in prison. Besides his innumerable contributions to journalism, he published an astronomical work entitled L'Eternité par les astres (1872), and after his death his writings on economic and social questions were collected under the title of Critique sociale (1885). This article is about communism as a form of society built around a gift economy, as an ideology that advocates that form of society, and as a popular movement. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, verifying, analyzing and presenting information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ...

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) in many ways represents the sum of knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century. ...