Siege of Paris

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The Siege of Paris was a pivotal 1870–1871 military blockade by Prussian-led forces that led to the French capital’s surrender and effectively decided the outcome of the Franco-Prussian War.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Siege of Paris (1870–1871) 10
Siege of Paris canonical 8
siege of Paris (1870–1871) 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
siege ⓘ
belligerent French Third Republic ⓘ
German states allied with Prussia ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

North German Confederation ⓘ
blockadedBy German armies ⓘ
Prussian-led forces ⓘ
cause French defeats at Sedan and Metz ⓘ
advance of Prussian forces after victories in 1870 ⓘ
combatantStrength large French garrison and National Guard ⓘ
large German besieging force ⓘ
commander General Louis Jules Trochu ⓘ
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ⓘ
King William I of Prussia ⓘ
Léon Gambetta ⓘ
conflict Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
country France ⓘ
date 1870–1871 ⓘ
defendedBy French Army of the Loire ⓘ
Garde Nationale ⓘ
Paris garrison ⓘ
effect Treaty of Frankfurt (1871) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Frankfurt

armistice between France and Prussia ⓘ
bombardment of Paris ⓘ
cession of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany ⓘ
collapse of French resistance ⓘ
end of major operations in the Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
heavy civilian hardship in Paris ⓘ
proclamation of the German Empire at Versailles ⓘ
severe food shortages in Paris ⓘ
endDate 1871-01-28 ⓘ
followedBy Paris Commune ⓘ
Treaty of Frankfurt ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Île-de-France ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
notableConsequence humiliation of France ⓘ
rise of revanchism in France ⓘ
shift in European balance of power toward Germany ⓘ
partOf unification of Germany ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Sedan ⓘ
result Prussian victory ⓘ
decisive German success ⓘ
surrender of Paris ⓘ
significantEvent German artillery bombardment of the city ⓘ
introduction of carrier pigeons for communication ⓘ
use of observation balloons to communicate from Paris ⓘ
startDate 1870-09-19 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Franco-Prussian War → majorBattle → Siege of Paris ⓘ
La Débâcle → setInPeriod → Siege of Paris ⓘ
Paris Commune → emergedAfter → Siege of Paris ⓘ
Battle of Sedan (1870) → followedBy → Siege of Paris (1870–1871) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Paris
Joseph Joffre → participatedIn → Siege of Paris (1870–1871) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Paris
Siege of Metz → followedBy → Siege of Paris (1870–1871) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Paris
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder → notableBattle → Siege of Paris (1870–1871) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Paris
Fall of the Second French Empire → significantEvent → siege of Paris (1870–1871) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Paris
La Défense de Paris → commemorates → Siege of Paris (1870–1871) ⓘ
subject linked to: La Défense de Paris statue
linked to: Siege of Paris
Battle of Amiens (1870) → partOf → Siege of Paris campaign ⓘ
subject linked to: Battle of Amiens 1870
linked to: Siege of Paris
Suppression of the Paris Commune → precededBy → Siege of Paris (1870–1871) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Paris
Commune of Paris → hasCause → Siege of Paris (1870–1871) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Paris
Tuileries Palace fire of 1871 → historicalContext → siege of Paris (1870–1871) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Paris
La Défense de Paris → commemorates → Siege of Paris (1870–1871) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Paris
La Commune (memoirs) → describesEvent → Siege of Paris (1870–1871) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Paris
Battle of Beaune-la-Rolande → relatedTo → Siege of Paris (1870–1871) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Paris