The insurrection of 10 August 1792 was a defining event of the French Revolution, when armed revolutionaries in Paris, increasingly in conflict with the French monarchy, stormed the Tuileries Palace.
Capture of the Tuileries Palace, 10 August 1792 Jean Duplessis-Bertaux, 1793
Journée of 20 June 1792
Louis XVI's order to surrender
A plaque commemorating the 10 August 1792 assault on the Tuileries, in the Catacombs of Paris where many of those killed have been buried.
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The Tuileries Palace was a palace in Paris which stood on the right bank of the Seine, directly in the west-front of the Louvre Palace. It was the Parisian residence of most French monarchs, from Henr
Insurrection of 10 August 1792
…1792 was a defining event of the French Revolution, when armed revolutionaries in Paris, increasingly in conflict with the French monarchy, stormed the Tuileries Palace. The conflict led France to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic. Conflict between King Louis XVI and the country's new revolutionary Legislative…
The Tuileries Palace from the Solférino Bridge, mid 19th century. The Pavillon de Flore is to the right
Anonymous watercolour (c. 1650, BnF), showing (from left to right) Philibert de l'Orme's two symmetric wings flanking the staircase pavilion with a dome likely added by Henri IV; the Bullant Pavilion; and the Petite Galerie des Tuileries and Pavillon de Flore, both constructed under Henri IV
The Tuileries Palace (in foreground) and its garden, in plan engraved by Matthäus Merian the Elder in 1615
The Tuileries Palace in the 17th century