On March 2, 1830, Charles X dissolves the Chamber. But the opposition emerges even stronger from the elections held in June and July. The king then attempts nothing less than a constitutional coup with the Ordinances of Saint-Cloud—which suspend constitutional government, dissolve the Chamber, alter the electoral system and censor the press—and signs them on July 25, 1830. The next day, Monday, July 26, their publication leaves the country reeling.
The Three Glorious Days
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On July 27, in defiance of the ordinances, Le National, Le Temps, Le Globe and Le Journal du commerce appear without authorization and publish a protest by journalists. The Paris prefect of police immediately orders the seizure of all four newspapers and the arrest of the protesters. Fierce clashes erupt, and the first groups of rioters begin confronting the gendarmes around the Palais-Royal. This marks the beginning of the revolution remembered as the Three Glorious Days, which ends on July 29 with the royal family's flight.
