1789 ⟶ Women's March on Versailles Demands Action
October 5: Marat's newspaper demands a march on Versailles ...
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1789
🚶♀️ Women's March on Versailles Demands Action
October 5: Marat's newspaper demands a march on Versailles to protest the insult to the cocarde tricolor. Thousands of women take part in the march, joined in the evening by the Paris national guard led by Lafayette.⟶
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👩🦰 Women's March on Versailles Forces King's Return to Paris
October 6: After an orderly march, a crowd of women invade the Palace. The women demand that the King and his family accompany them back to Paris, and the King agrees. The National Assembly also decides to relocate to Paris.⟶
Women's MarchVersaillesParisKing Louis XVIRoyal FamilyNational AssemblyPopular UprisingFrench RevolutionSocial unrestOctober Days