Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.

The Paris Commune was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, the French National Guard had defended Paris, and working class radicalism grew among its soldiers.…