Storming of the Tuileries Palace

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The Storming of the Tuileries Palace was a pivotal insurrection on 10 August 1792 during the French Revolution, in which revolutionaries overran the royal residence in Paris and effectively ended King Louis XVI’s constitutional monarchy.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the French Revolution
event
insurrection
alsoKnownAs Insurrection of 10 August 1792
Journée du 10 août 1792
attacker Parisian sans-culottes
fédérés from Brittany
fédérés from Marseille
casualties heavy casualties among Swiss Guards
numerous royalist defenders killed
revolutionary insurgents killed and wounded
chronology occurred after France declared war on Austria in April 1792
occurred during the War of the First Coalition
combatant National Guards from Paris sections
Swiss Guards of the king
fédérés from the provinces
revolutionary insurgents
royalist defenders
commander Alexandre de Mandat de Grancey
Antoine Joseph Santerre
Louis-Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
country France
date 1792-08-10
defender Swiss Guards
royalist National Guards
followedBy Abolition of the monarchy on 21 September 1792
September Massacres
proclamation of the French Republic
involved Legislative Assembly deputies
Paris sections
insurrectionary Paris Commune
opponent French royal court
King Louis XVI
partOf French Revolution
place Paris
Tuileries Palace
precededBy Champ de Mars Massacre
Flight to Varennes
relatedTo Brunswick Manifesto
Legislative Assembly of France
National Convention
result effective end of Louis XVI’s constitutional monarchy
establishment of the insurrectionary Paris Commune of 10 August
overthrow of the French monarchy
suspension of King Louis XVI
transfer of royal family to the Temple prison
significance decisive turning point in the French Revolution
marked the fall of the French monarchy
shifted power to radical revolutionaries

Referenced by (9)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Storming of the Tuileries Palace ("Journée du 10 août 1792")
Storming of the Tuileries Palace ("Insurrection of 10 August 1792")
alsoKnownAs
Execution of Louis XVI ("Abolition of the French monarchy (1792)")
September Massacres ("Storming of the Tuileries (10 August 1792)")
precededBy
Flight to Varennes ("Proclamation of the French Republic")
chronologicallyPrecedes
Champ de Mars Massacre ("Insurrection of 10 August 1792")
hasRelatedEvent
French Revolution
keyEvent
Marie Antoinette ("Storming of the Tuileries Palace (1792)")
notableEvent
Tuileries Palace ("10 August 1792 storming of the Tuileries")
significantEvent

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