The
Insurrection of 10 August 1792 was one of the defining events in the history of the
French Revolution. The day of 10 August () resulted in the fall of the French monarchy after storming the
Tuileries Palace by the
National Guard of the Insurrectional
Paris Commune and revolutionary
fédérés from
Marseilles and
Brittany.
King Louis XVI and the royal family took shelter with the
Legislative Assembly, which was suspended. The formal end of the monarchy occurred six weeks later as one of the first acts of the new
National Convention. This insurrection and its outcome are most commonly referred to by historians of the Revolution simply as "the
10 August"; other common designations include "the
journée of the 10 August" or "the
Second Revolution".