Louis XVI Moves to Tuileries

Date: October 6, 1789 • Location: Versailles, France

French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.

The French Revolution was a period resulting in the political and societal changes in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the Coup of 18 Brumaire on 9 November 1799. Many of the revolution's ideas are considered fundamental principles of liberal democracy, and its values remain central to modern French political discourse. It was caused by a combination of social, political, and economic factors which the existing regime proved unable to manage.