Enlightenment · Europe · Politics

1792

Storming of the Tuileries

August 10, 1792

Parisian sans-culottes and provincial federes stormed the palace. The Swiss Guard, ordered to stand down, was massacred. The royal family took refuge with the Assembly, which suspended the king. The constitutional monarchy of 1791 was over; a republic was coming. Over six hundred Swiss guardsmen died defending a king who had already fled, making the Tuileries the bloodiest single day of the Revolution so far.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: 1791: Wollstonecraft's Vindication Drafted
After: January 21, 1793: Execution of Louis XVI

Before and after in Politics

Before: December 15, 1791: U.S. Bill of Rights Ratified
After: January 21, 1793: Execution of Louis XVI

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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.