Historical Organization
Central Committee of the National Guard
Central Committee of the National Guard
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Organization Timeline
Paris rises after the army attempts to seize the cannons
📅 18 March 1871Government troops tried to remove National Guard artillery from Montmartre and Belleville. Residents and guards resisted, many soldiers fraternized with the crowd, and the operation collapsed. The...
The Central Committee announces municipal elections
📅 19 March 1871With the national government established at Versailles, the Central Committee of the National Guard announced elections for a new communal government and presented its rule as temporary.
A hostile demonstration confronts the National Guard
📅 22 March 1871Supporters of the Versailles government marched against the Central Committee. A confrontation near the Place Vendôme ended in gunfire and casualties, deepening the division between revolutionary...
Paris elects the Council of the Commune
📅 26 March 1871Parisian voters elected representatives to a municipal council. The results gave influence to Jacobins, Blanquists, Internationalists, socialists and other republican revolutionaries, although...
The elected Commune takes office
📅 27 March 1871The newly elected Council of the Commune began its work. The Central Committee of the National Guard prepared to transfer governmental authority to the elected council.
The Paris Commune is publicly proclaimed
📅 28 March 1871Before a large crowd at the Hôtel de Ville, the elected Commune was formally proclaimed. The red flag became the symbol of the new revolutionary municipal government.