Complex sentence: In 1889, the first congress of the Second International, met in Paris for the centennial of the French Revolution and the Exposition Universelle, followed a proposal by Raymond Lavigne, called for international demonstrations on the 1890 anniversary of the Chicago protests.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1889, the first congress of the Second International, met in Paris for the centennial of the French Revolution and the Exposition Universelle. A proposal by Raymond Lavigne, called for international demonstrations on the 1890 anniversary of the Chicago protests.