On 2 December 1851, Louis Napoleon – who had been elected President of France in 1848 – carried out a coup d'état by dissolving the National Assembly and arresting the leading Republicans.
1851年12月2日，路易·拿破仑——在1848年当选为法国总统——发动政变，解散国民大会，逮捕共和主义者的领袖。