Paris Commune

revolutionary city council of Paris in 1871

third President of the French Republic (1808–1893)

French politician (1838-1882)

1789–1872 military reserve and police branch of France's military. Reactivated in 2016

1870 siege during the Franco-Prussian War

thumb|Communards (National Guards) at Boulevard Voltaire right|thumb|"The Commune arrested by Ignorance and Reaction" thumb|Executed Communards (National Guard (France)|National Guards)The Communards () were members and supporters of the short-lived 1871 Communes in France formed in the wake of the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War.

monument in Paris

French newspaper (1861-1942)

thumb|325px|Pétroleuses arrested in Versailles Pétroleuses were, according to popular rumours at the time, female supporters of the Paris Commune, accused of burning down much of Paris during the last days of the Commune in May 1871. During May, when Paris was being recaptured by loyalist Versaillais troops, rumours circulated that lower-class women were committing arson against private property and public buildings, using bottles full of petroleum or paraffin (similar to modern-day Molotov cocktails) which they threw into cellar windows, in a deliberate act of spite against the government. Ma

Massacre of priests and gendarmes during the Paris Commune, 1871

song composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

insurrection in Marseille, France

statutes, conditions and activities of women during the Paris Commune

French revolt