France grants a full amnesty to the Communards

Eugène Varlin is captured and killed

28 May 1871

Eugène Varlin, a labour organizer and member of the Commune, was recognized, beaten and shot at Montmartre without trial.

Fort Vincennes surrenders after the fall of the Commune

29 May 1871

The remaining Communard garrison at Fort Vincennes surrendered. Government forces executed several officers, marking the end of the last fortified position held in the name of the Commune.

Rossel, Ferré and Bourgeois are executed at Satory

28 November 1871

A military firing squad executed Louis Rossel, Théophile Ferré and Sergeant Pierre Bourgeois after courts-martial connected with the Commune.

The first convoy of Commune deportees leaves France

3 May 1872

The first group sentenced to deportation departed for the penal colony of New Caledonia. Deportation separated thousands of prisoners from their families and extended the repression far beyond Paris.

Supporters hold the first commemoration at the Communards’ Wall

23 May 1880

Thousands gathered at the Mur des Fédérés in Père-Lachaise Cemetery to honour those killed during the Bloody Week. The event established a lasting tradition in the French labour and socialist...

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11 July 1880

Parliament approved a complete amnesty for people prosecuted for participation in the Commune, enabling surviving prisoners and exiles to return and re-enter public life.

France grants a full amnesty to the Communards

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