Louis Philippe

The tradition then took a political turn in the 1830s, under King Louis Philippe I, with people banging pots and pans at night under the windows of judges’ and politicians’ homes to demand greater freedoms.

Mr. Fureix said that the government had been “trapped” by the casserolades, just like Louis Philippe I in his time.

It was . . . impressive enough, which is almost exactly the same reaction that Louis Philippe, a future king of France, had while visiting in the late 18th century.

The reign of King Louis Philippe, the last king of France, came to an abrupt and ignominious end on Feb. 24, 1848, after days of increasingly violent demonstrations in Paris and months of mounting agitation with the government’s policies.

It covers the period of the Paris uprising of 1832 which saw revolutionaries take to the streets and build barricades in an attempt to bring down the rule of King Louis Philippe.