1789 ⟶ Women's March on Versailles Forces King's Return to Paris
October 6: After an orderly march, a crowd of women invade t...
Year
1789
1791
👩🦰 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
🚶♀️ 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.⟶
French RevolutionWomen's MarchVersaillesOctober DaysNational GuardLafayetteMaratPopular ProtestPolitical Pressure
👑 King Louis XVI's Arrest at Varennes and Return to Paris
June 21–22: The King is recognized at Varennes. The Assembly announces that he was taken against his will, and sends three commissioners to bring him back to Paris.⟶
French RevolutionMonarchyLouis XVIVarennesRoyal FlightNational AssemblyPolitical CrisisRepublicCounter-Revolution