Lycée Charlemagne was founded in 1802 by Napoleon, whose vision was to set up an educational system inspired by the principles of the Age of the Enlightenment. The school was established in the former Jesuit Professed house. During Napoleon’s time three more such schools were founded in Paris and they attracted a great number of students from all over France. These students became the yeast of the French Revolution of 1830, also known as the “Three Glorious Days”. The uprising led to the abdication of Charles X and to the formation of a constitutional monarchy. Louis-Philippe I, a member of the Orleans dynasty, became the first monarch to be pronounced King of the French, instead of King of France. Many years later, the students of Lycée Charlemagne would take part in the massive protests of May 1968, during which students and workers united managed to bring a major cultural, financial and social revolution that shook the foundations of France.