What the records say
- When
- 7 Jun 1788
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 45.19° N, 5.73° E
- Description
- Event of popular unrest in Grenoble, France
Day of the Tiles
1788 event of popular unrest in Grenoble, France
The Day of the Tiles was an event that took place in the French town of Grenoble on 7 June 1788. It was one of the first disturbances preceding the French Revolution and is credited by a few historians as its start.
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “France: Day of the Tiles, which some consider the beginning of the French Revolution”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “France : journée des Tuiles à Grenoble”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Jornada de las Tejas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “磚瓦之日,法國大革命前夕的抗爭事件。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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