oct 5, 1789 - Women’s March on Versailles: The Women’s March on Versailles was a mob of Parisian women through Versailles who demanded Louis XVI to end the scarcity of food and that the monarch should return to Paris with them. The cause was increased prices and low availability of bread. The results were that the march was successful and proved the monarchy to be subject to the will of the people.
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oct 5, 1789
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~ 235 years ago