jun 20, 1790 - Flight to Varennes
Description:
- royal family attempted to flee the country- royal family arrested and returned to Paris
- supporters of the Revolution saw this as evidence that Louis was trying to gather foreign support for an invasion of France
- Austrian and Prussian monarchs saw the arrest of another crowned monarch as unacceptable
Added to timeline:
Date:
jun 20, 1790
Now
~ 236 years ago