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Tag: Paris

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28th March 1871: Paris Commune meets for the first time

28th March 2019
Tagged as: France, Franco-Prussian War, Paris, Prussia, Revolution

On the 28^th March 1871 the Paris Commune was proclaimed and met for the first time.

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21st January 1793: Louis XVI executed for high treason

21st January 2019
Tagged as: France, French Revolution, Guillotine, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Monarchy, Paris, Republic

On the 21^st January 1793, former French King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine at the Place de la Revolution in Paris.

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25th August 1944: Paris liberated from Nazi control

25th August 2018
Tagged as: France, Germany, Nazi, Paris, Resistance, Second World War, USA

On the 25^th August 1944, the Nazi German garrison in Paris surrendered the city to the Allies.

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13th July 1793: Jean-Paul Marat stabbed to death in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday

13th July 2017
Tagged as: Assassination, Execution, France, French Revolution, Girondin, Guillotine, Marat, Media, Murder, Newspaper, Paris, Radicalism, Revolution, Third Estate

On the 13^th July 1793, the radical French journalist Jean-Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday.

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