What is the event which took place in October 1789 ?
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– The Women’s March on Versailles, also known as the October March, occurred from October 5-6, 1789.
– The market women of Paris marched on the Palace of Versailles and successfully pressed their demands upon King Louis XVI.
– The next day, the crowd forced the king and his family to return with them to Paris.
– Most of the French Assembly also relocated to the capital over the next few weeks.
– The march on Versailles proved to be a defining moment of the Revolution, ending the king’s independence and paving the way for the common people, or the Third Estate, to displace the privileged orders of the French nobility.