Timeline Friday 16 July 1875

Events on Friday 16 July 1875 1

• 1875 French constitutional laws of 1875 adopted Wallon Amendment and constitutional laws establish the Third Republic The French National Assembly passed a series of constitutional laws creating a bicameral parliament and an indirectly elected president, formally establishing the Third Republic. The Wallon Amendment, passed by a single vote in January, first proposed the republican presidency that became the basis of the new constitution.