Following the Women's March on Versailles on October 5, 1789, a crowd broke in to the palace. Marquis de Lafayette, a general in the American Revolutionary War and a leader of the Garde nationale during the French Revolution, helped preserve Marie Antoinette's life.

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Location: Versailles, Paris, France
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
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