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Paris Commune

The Paris Commune was a government that briefly ruled Paris from March 18 to May 28, 1871. It existed before the split between anarchists and Marxists had taken place, and it is hailed by both groups as the first assumption of power by the working class during the Industrial Revolution...

Timeline of Events

1871

3.18.1871

Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders evacuation of Paris.

3.28.1871

The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.

5.21.1871

French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week" some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.

5.30.1871

The Paris Commune falls.