1780

Events 1780s – The French Revolution

1789 The French Revolution Events 1780: Outbreak of the indigenous rebellion against Spanish colonization led by Túpac Amaru II in Peru. 1781: The city of Los Angeles is founded by Spanish settlers.1781–1785: Serfdom is abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848). 1782: The Thonburi Kingdom of Thailand is dissolved after a palace coup. 1783: The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American Revolutionary War. 1783: Russian annexation of Crimea. 1785–1791: Imam Sheikh Mansur, a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic, leads a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against Russian settlers and military bases in the Caucasus, as well as against local traditionalists, who followed the traditional customs and common law (Adat) rather than the […]

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1789 1000s of Parisians march to Versailles

October 5, 1789: “Thousands of Parisians, many of them women, marched 12 miles to Versailles, the residence of Louis XVI and the location of the National Constituent Assembly. The aims of this crowd varied. Some were desperately hungry and wanted to petition the king and his government to alleviate bread shortages. Some had more violent intentions, seeking retribution against the king’s soldiers or his wife, the much despised Marie Antoinette. Others wanted the king to leave Versailles and relocate to Paris, away from the corrupting influences of the aristocracy and closer to the people. After 24 hours of tension, intimidation […]

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