Women’s October March

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The Women’s October March was a pivotal 1789 protest during the French Revolution in which thousands of Parisian women marched to Versailles to demand bread and political reforms, forcing the royal family to move to Paris.

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instanceOf event of the French Revolution ⓘ
popular uprising ⓘ
protest march ⓘ
cause bread shortage in Paris ⓘ
economic hardship ⓘ
high price of bread ⓘ
political tensions between Paris and the royal court ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows Storming of the Bastille ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
date 1789-10-05 ⓘ
endDate 1789-10-06 ⓘ
endPoint Palace of Versailles ⓘ
followedBy October 1789 transfer of the court to Paris ⓘ
hasAlternativeName October Days ⓘ
October March ⓘ
Women’s March on Versailles ⓘ
hasEffectOn decline of royal authority ⓘ
rise of popular sovereignty in France ⓘ
hasParticipant Lafayette ⓘ
Louis XVI of France ⓘ
Marie Antoinette ⓘ
National Guard of Paris ⓘ
Parisian women ⓘ
market women of Paris ⓘ
hasTheme food scarcity ⓘ
popular pressure on monarchy ⓘ
women’s political activism ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod French Revolution ⓘ
motive demand for bread ⓘ
demand for political reforms ⓘ
pressure on the king to approve revolutionary decrees ⓘ
numberOfParticipants several thousand ⓘ
partOf early phase of the French Revolution ⓘ
place Paris ⓘ
Versailles ⓘ
result increased influence of Parisian crowds on national politics ⓘ
king effectively placed under supervision of the revolutionaries ⓘ
royal family forced to move to Paris ⓘ
royal family relocated to the Tuileries Palace ⓘ
strengthening of the National Assembly’s position in Paris ⓘ
significance demonstrated the political power of Parisian women ⓘ
helped secure royal acceptance of revolutionary measures ⓘ
marked a turning point in bringing the monarchy from Versailles to Paris ⓘ
startPoint Paris City Hall ⓘ
year 1789 ⓘ

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Women’s March on Versailles → alsoKnownAs → Women’s October March ⓘ