This chronology of the Paris Commune lists major events that occurred during and surrounding the Paris Commune, a revolutionary government that controlled Paris between March and May 1871.
1871
January 22: Uprising in Paris at the city hall ends with five dead January 28: Armistice of Versailles signed, de facto French surrender to the Prussians February 26: Treaty of Versailles ends the Franco-Prussian War March 1: Germans parade through Paris; National Guard Central Committee protests March 10: Assembly decides to move to Versailles, snubbing Paris March 18: Failed attempt to seize Montmartre cannons begins the Paris Commune March 22: Second Lyon Commune March 26: Elections replace the National Guard Central Committee governance with that of the Commune Council March 28: Proclamation of the Commune March 30: First skirmish between Communards and Versaillais at Courbevoie April 2: Versaillais return for Battle of Courbevoie, ending in Communard retreat April 3: Battle of Rueil Battle of Meudon April 10: Commune Council makes legitimate and illegitimate children equally eligible for National Guard pensions April 11: Women's Union founded April 16: Commune approves worker takeover of abandoned workshops April 19: Commune program established in the Declaration to the French People April 24: Unions invited to organize abandoned workshops April 25 – May 9: Battle of Fort d'Issy April 28: Committee of Public Safety discussions begin Commune bans baker night work May 1: Commune's third phase begins as Commune forms Committee of Public Safety Louis Rossel replaces Gustave Paul Cluseret as Communard Delegate for War (defense minister) May 7: Commune banned pawnshop sale of vital pawned professions; paid for some possessions to be returned to their owners May 9: Louis Rossel steps down as Delegate for War May 10: Louis Charles Delescluze becomes Delegate for War May 15: Minority declaration of the Committee of Public Safety shows schism May 16: Vendome Column destroyed May 21: Commune Council's last session May 22–28: Semaine sanglante (Bloody Week) May 23: Jarosław Dąbrowski dies May 24: Hostages executed Battle of Butte-aux-Cailles May 25: Louis Charles Delescluze dies May 28: Final barricades vanquished; Commune ends
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