1792 ⟶ Storming of the Tuileries and Suspension of the King

August 10: Storming of the Tuileries Palace. The National Gu...
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1792

⚔️ Storming of the Tuileries and Suspension of the King

August 10: Storming of the Tuileries Palace. The National Guard of the insurrectional Paris Commune and revolutionary fédérés from Marseille and Brittany attack the Tuileries Palace. The King and his family take refuge in the Legislative Assembly. The Swiss Guards defending the Palace are massacred. The Legislative Assembly provisionally suspends the authority of the King, and orders the election of a new government, the Convention.⟶
Storming of the Tuileries and Suspension of the King (1792)
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Storming of the Tuileries and Suspension of the King (1792)