Versailles Timeline of Events

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Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...

Timeline of Events

1682

5.6.1682

Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles.

1789

7.9.1789

In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.

1918

12.4.1918

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.

1919

1.18.1919

World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.

1939

6.17.1939

Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.