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Events on Thursday 11 May 1775 1
1775Flour WarGrain price riots sweep across northern FranceA wave of riots broke out across Paris and northern France after a poor harvest and deregulation of the grain trade pushed bread prices sharply higher. Crowds attacked markets and granaries in dozens of towns before royal troops restored order. The unrest exposed tensions that would resurface more violently in 1789.