One account of this event describes the slaying of the brave Tardivet, whose head was then placed on a pike. Before it began, Stanislaus Maillard rescued a quartermaster and prevented the Hotel de Ville from being burnt down. This event ended with Ma
One account of this event describes the slaying of the brave Tardivet, whose head was then placed on a pike. Before it began, Stanislaus Maillard rescued a quartermaster and prevented the Hotel de Ville from being burnt down. This event ended with Mayor Jean Sylvain Bailly greeting a certain man who would later flee to Varennes. This action was partially prompted by accounts of a drunken banquet in which soldiers walked upon the tricolor cockade. This event featured tensions eased when the Marquis de Lafayette and another figure walked onto a balcony, prompting a cry of "Vive le Roi!" It ended with a group returning to the capital with a certain ruler taking up a new residence at the Tuileries Palace. For 10 points, name this October 1789 event when women protested bread prices by heading over to a certain residence of Louis XVI.
One account of this event describes the slaying of the brave Tardivet, whose head was then placed on a pike.
The Women's March on Versailles [accept The October March or October Days, accept Women's March until "women" is mentioned, then prompt]