The #TuileriesPalace gardens, #Paris are haunted by the vengeful ghost of Jean l’Ecorcheur loyal servant turned assassin in service to Queen Catherine de Medici who ordered his murder before he could reveal any secrets.The Red Man became an omen of doom to French royals #PhantomsFriday #FolkyFriday

#OTD On Aug. 10 1792, 20k Parisians stormed #TuileriesPalace & slaughtered 600 of 900 Swiss Guard & 200-300 courtiers, servants, others as #LouisXVI & #MarieAntoinette listened to the butchery. It led to end of the monarchy. #History #FrenchRevolution
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Inflamed by the #BrunswickManifesto and #LouisXVI's vetoes, the National Guard of the #ParisCommune et al., in #The10August, #ThisDayInHistory in 1792, stormed the #TuileriesPalace, killed the #SwissGuard, & took the king into custody. Six weeks later the monarchy was abolished.

#otd 1792 — “Inflamed by the Brunswick Manifesto and LouisXVI's vetoes, the National Guard of the Paris Commune et al. … stormed the Tuileries Palace, killed the Swiss Guard, & took the king into custody. Six weeks later the monarchy was abolished.”
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