What the records say
- When
- 17 Jul 1791
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 48.86° N, 2.30° E
- Description
- massacre
Champ de Mars massacre
1791 massacre in Paris
The Champ de Mars massacre took place on 17 July 1791 in Paris at the Champ de Mars against a crowd of republican protesters amid the French Revolution. Two days before, the National Constituent Assembly issued a decree that King Louis XVI would retain his throne under a constitutional monarchy.
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “French Revolution: The Champ de Mars massacre occurs in Paris”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Nach einem Schuss auf den Oberbefehlshaber der französischen Nationalgarde, Lafayette, antworten in Paris seine Soldaten mit Gegenfeuer in eine Menschenmenge”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “fusillade du Champ-de-Mars”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “по призыву кордельеров парижане собрались на Марсовом поле, чтобы поставить подписи под петицией, требовавшей низложения короля и предания его суду”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “フランス:シャン・ド・マルスの虐殺。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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