# Storming of the Tuileries (1792)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1792-storming-of-the-tuileries
Location: Paris
Categories: main-event

Insurrection overthrew the effective authority of Louis XVI and suspended the monarchy. Within the broader French Revolution period, The Revolution dismantled legal privilege and absolute monarchy, declared new rights and created a republic. War, popular mobilization, civil conflict and political terror repeatedly transformed the revolutionary state. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Provisional Executive Council (Transitional revolutionary executive). Storming of the Tuileries mattered because collective action and political conflict altered the relationship between society and governing authority. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Storming of the Tuileries mattered because collective action and political conflict altered the relationship between society and governing authority.

Ruler at the time: [National Convention](https://history-france.com/rulers/national-convention)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Storming of the Tuileries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Storming+of+the+Tuileries&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Storming of the Tuileries](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Storming+of+the+Tuileries)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)