Government of National Defense

Events

1

Episodes

1

Years

1870

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Government of National Defense, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Siege of Paris begins; balloon mail leaves the city

   1870

   Role: Paris Resistance

   1. 119 September 1870 · ParisCommencement of the Siege

      Prussian forces began the siege of Paris on 19 September 1870, following the defeat of the French army at Sedan.

Sources

1. Siege of Paris (1870–1871) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-08