1789 ⟶ Royal Banquet at Versailles Sparks Outrage in Paris

October 1: At the banquet des Gardes du Corps du Roi in Vers...
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1789

🍽️ Royal Banquet at Versailles Sparks Outrage in Paris

October 1: At the banquet des Gardes du Corps du Roi in Versailles, which Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette and the Dauphin attended at dessert time, the King's guards put on the white royal cocarde. The false news quickly reaches Paris that the guards had trampled on the tricolor and caused outrage.⟶
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Royal Banquet at Versailles Sparks Outrage in Paris (1789)