This government was ended overnight in an event whose instigator fell asleep that night reading the "Odes and Ballads" of one opponent; that event was called "Operation Rubicon." In this government's 
This government was ended overnight in an event whose instigator fell asleep that night reading the "Odes and Ballads" of one opponent; that event was called "Operation Rubicon." In this government's only presidential election, a candidate described as "least bad" won and the Legitimists finished dead last. It faced a rebellion in which over 10,000 died or were injured protesting the closure of places to employ the unemployed, in which stones were used as barricades. The (*) self-coup that brought down this government prompted the remark that history repeats itself "the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce." Its plans to close the national workshops led to the June Days uprising. This government succeeded the July Monarchy. For 10 points, Louis-Napoleon's coup ended what numerical French republic?
This government was ended overnight in an event whose instigator fell asleep that night reading the "Odes and Ballads" of one opponent; that event was called "Operation Rubicon.
French Second Republic [accept Second after “Republic”; accept Napoleon III’s presidency or equivalences until “election” is read; prompt on French Republic; do not accept or prompt on “Third Republic” or “Second Empire”] &lt;WA, ContHist&gt;