Search Results: Women's March on Versailles

The Women's March on Versailles, also known as the October March or the October Days, was a defining moment in the early months of the French Revolution (1789-1799). On 5 October 1789, crowds of Parisian market women marched on Versailles...

The Treaty of Versailles, signed in June 1919, was an agreement between the victors of the First World War (1914-18) which redivided parts of Europe and imposed reparations, armament limitations, and total blame for the war on Germany, one...

Women's March on Versailles (5-6 October 1789). Outraged by high bread prices and the anti-revolutionary conduct of royal soldiers, a crowd of 7,000 women descended on the palace of Versailles. The king accompanied them back to Paris the...

In 88 BCE, Lucius Cornelius Sulla (138-78 BCE) marched on Rome and entered the city's sacred inner boundary, the pomerium, bearing arms. Breaking this taboo, he sought to gain political power and control of the army of the East that had been...

William the Conqueror (r. 1066-1087 CE) was victorious at the Battle of Hastings in October 1066 CE, and Harold Godwinson, King Harold II of England (r. Jan - Oct 1066 CE) was dead. The English throne and kingdom were there for the taking...

A painting by William Orpen showing the signing of the Treaty of Versailles which took place in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles outside Paris. The treaty was signed by the victors of the First World War (1914-18) and the loser...

A photograph showing a crowd in the Heldenplatz of Vienna on March 15, 1938 awaiting a speech by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) after the Anschluss of 12 March. (US National Archives)

Women played a significant role in the French Revolution, exemplified in the Women's March on Versailles, on 5-6 October 1789. Image from the book Stories of the French Revolution by Walter Montgomery, 1893. Library of Congress Digital Collections...

This map illustrates the situation in Europe in November 1920 in the aftermath of First World War (1914-18), as the continent was reshaped by the Treaty of Versailles (1919) and the Treaty of Sèvres (1920). The German Empire had collapsed...

A map illustrating the geopolitical situation in Africa after World War I - the continent still under European colonial domination, with only a few areas having gained independence or achieved limited autonomy. Although many African soldiers...