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Champ-de-Mars

The Champ-de-Mars in Paris, France, formed the setting of a massacre during the French Revolution on 17 July 1791. When a crowd collected to draft a petition seeking the removal of King Louis XVI, soldiers under the command of the Marquis de la Fayette opened fire, killing about 50 persons.

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