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Events on Wednesday 26 August 1648 1
1648Fronde Uprising Erupts in ParisBarricades rise after the arrest of a popular magistrateThe arrest of parlementaire Pierre Broussel on 26 August 1648 triggered the Day of the Barricades in Paris, forcing the regency government of Anne of Austria to release him. The unrest marked the opening of the Fronde, a series of civil conflicts that would convulse France for the next five years.