The Flight to Varennes was a pivotal moment of the French Revolution (1789-1799), in which King Louis XVI of France (r.1774-92), his wife Queen Marie Antoinette (1755-93), and their children attempted to escape from Paris on the night of 20-21 June 1791. They made it to the small town of Varennes-en-Argonne, where they were arrested and returned to Paris.
Royals on the Run: Louis XVI's Flight to Varennes | solosophie
Flight To Varennes French Revolution
The Storming of the Bastille was a decisive moment in the early months of the French Revolution (1789-1799). On 14 July 1789, the Bastille, a fortress and political prison symbolizing the oppressiveness of France’s Ancien Régime was attacked by a crowd mainly consisting of sans-culottes, or lower...
3 novembre 1793 : Olympe de Gouges est guillotinée
Flight To Varennes French Revolution
Caricature of the French royal family
Women Marching on Versailles (by Walter Montgomery) - 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.
Flight To Varennes French Revolution
Auguste Vinchon
