The Paris Commune was a revolutionary government that ruled Paris for about two months in the spring of 1871. It arose after France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War and the fall of Napoleon III, when Parisians, angered by the national government's decision to disarm the National Guard and by the hardships of the siege, rose up on 18 March. The Commune, elected by the city's residents, passed measures such as separating church and state, canceling rent arrears and giving workers' associations control of abandoned workshops. The national government, based at Versailles, sent troops into the city, and during the Bloody Week of late May thousands of Communards were killed, and many more were imprisoned or deported. It became an important reference point for socialists.
Before and after
- from 1 January 1871 to 9 November 1918German Empire
- 1871The Internationale
- from 28 January 1871 to 28 July 1914Belle Époque
- 5 March 1871Birth of Rosa Luxemburg
- from 18 March 1871 to 28 May 1871Paris Commune
- 10 May 1871Treaty of Frankfurt
- 10 July 1871Birth of Marcel Proust
- 30 August 1871Birth of Ernest Rutherford
- 27 September 1871Birth of Grazia Deledda
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