Women's March on Versailles

When

5 Oct 1789 – 6 Oct 1789

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

48.80° N, 2.13° E

Description

food riot and march by market-women during the French Revolution

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1789 event during the French Revolution

The Women's March on Versailles, also known as the Black March, the October Days, or simply the March on Versailles, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. The march began among women in the marketplaces of Paris who, on the morning of 5 October 1789, were rioting over the high price of bread.

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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 “Women's March on Versailles: Some 7,000 women march 12 mi from Paris to the royal Palace of Versailles to demand action over high bread prices”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Der Demonstrationszug der Poissarden zieht nach Versailles, nachdem bei einem Bankett am Hofe Ludwigs XVI. die Französische Revolution verunglimpft worden war”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “révolte du peuple de Paris”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “凡爾賽婦女大遊行：七千名婦女從巴黎跋涉19公里到凡爾賽宮，抗議麵包價格高漲。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “フランスで女性を中心とする民衆がヴェルサイユへ行進（ヴェルサイユ行進）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page