đź“… 26 March 1871
Parisian voters elected representatives to a municipal council. The results gave influence to Jacobins, Blanquists, Internationalists, socialists and other republican revolutionaries, although...
đź“… 12 April 1871
The Commune authorized artist Gustave Courbet to restore the museums of Paris and reopen their galleries. Artists later organized to administer cultural institutions through an elected federation.
đź“… 15 May 1871
Members opposing the Committee of Public Safety announced that they would withdraw from council meetings and work in their districts. They objected to concentrating power in an executive committee.
đź“… 16 May 1871
The VendĂ´me Column, viewed as a monument to militarism and imperial conquest, was demolished in a public ceremony. Gustave Courbet had earlier proposed moving the monument, but later became associated...
