Timeline Sunday 28 May 1871

Events on Sunday 28 May 1871 1

• 1871 Paris Commune Revolutionary government briefly rules Paris Parisian workers and National Guardsmen established a radical socialist government after the collapse of Napoleon III's regime, controlling the city for two months. French government troops suppressed the Commune during the violent Bloody Week in late May, killing thousands of Communards. The episode became a foundational reference point for later socialist and communist movements.