French Revolution continues as mob storms the Tuileries Palace

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War

Place

France

Date

1792

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"Orchestrated by the extreme Jacobin Club, and summoned by the tocsin bells, a 20,000-strong crowd from the poorer quarters of Paris marched on the Tuileries to demand the abdication of King Louis XVI." [1001 Days]

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