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, demanding reforms. They besieged the palace and forced King Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792) to return with them to Paris.
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5 Oct 1789 - 6 Oct 1789Women's March on Versailles; King Louis XVI of France is forcibly moved to Paris.
