Storming of the Tuileries Palace

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battle of the French Revolution event insurrection

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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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Insurrection of 10 August 1792	5
Storming of the Tuileries Palace canonical	3
Storming of the Tuileries (10 August 1792)	2
Storming of the Tuileries Palace (1792)	2
10 August 1792 insurrection	1
10 August 1792 storming of the Tuileries	1
Abolition of the French monarchy (1792)	1
August 10, 1792 insurrection	1
Journée du 10 août 1792	1
Proclamation of the French Republic	1
Storming of the Tuileries (1792-08-10)	1
Storming of the Tuileries Palace (10 August 1792)	1
StormingOfTheTuileries	1
storming of the Tuileries Palace	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T162323 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Storming of the Tuileries Palace
Context triple: [French Revolution, keyEvent, Storming of the Tuileries Palace]

A. Coup of 18 Brumaire
The Coup of 18 Brumaire was the 1799 seizure of power in France that overthrew the Directory and paved the way for Napoleon Bonaparte’s rule as First Consul.
B. Women’s March on Versailles
The Women’s March on Versailles was a pivotal 1789 protest in which thousands of mostly working-class Parisian women marched to the royal palace to demand bread and force the king to move to Paris, marking a major early turning point in the French Revolution.
C. Siege of Toulon
The Siege of Toulon was a pivotal 1793 military engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in which Republican forces recaptured the key Mediterranean port from Royalist and British control, launching Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to prominence.
D. Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a particularly violent and radical phase of the French Revolution marked by mass executions, political purges, and authoritarian rule under the Committee of Public Safety.
E. Flight to Varennes
The Flight to Varennes was the failed 1791 attempt by King Louis XVI and his family to escape Paris, which shattered remaining trust in the monarchy and radicalized the French Revolution.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Storming of the Tuileries Palace
Target entity description: 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.

A. Coup of 18 Brumaire
The Coup of 18 Brumaire was the 1799 seizure of power in France that overthrew the Directory and paved the way for Napoleon Bonaparte’s rule as First Consul.
B. Women’s March on Versailles
The Women’s March on Versailles was a pivotal 1789 protest in which thousands of mostly working-class Parisian women marched to the royal palace to demand bread and force the king to move to Paris, marking a major early turning point in the French Revolution.
C. Siege of Toulon
The Siege of Toulon was a pivotal 1793 military engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in which Republican forces recaptured the key Mediterranean port from Royalist and British control, launching Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to prominence.
D. Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a particularly violent and radical phase of the French Revolution marked by mass executions, political purges, and authoritarian rule under the Committee of Public Safety.
E. Flight to Varennes
The Flight to Varennes was the failed 1791 attempt by King Louis XVI and his family to escape Paris, which shattered remaining trust in the monarchy and radicalized the French Revolution.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the French Revolution ⓘ event ⓘ insurrection ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Insurrection of 10 August 1792 ⓘ linked to: Storming of the Tuileries Palace Journée du 10 août 1792 ⓘ linked to: Storming of the Tuileries Palace
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 ⓘ linked to: Swiss Guard 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 ⓘ linked to: Swiss Guard 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 ⓘ linked to: Louis XVI of France
partOf	French Revolution ⓘ
place	Paris ⓘ Tuileries Palace ⓘ
precededBy	Champ de Mars Massacre ⓘ Flight to Varennes ⓘ
relatedTo	Brunswick Manifesto ⓘ Legislative Assembly of France ⓘ linked to: Legislative Assembly (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 ⓘ

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