March 28 in Victorian History
What the Victorians were up to on this date, year by remarkable year.
1871
The Paris Commune is proclaimed
After France's defeat by Prussia, the citizens of Paris elect their own revolutionary government, the Commune. For 72 days the red flag flies over the Hotel de Ville while two French armies face off. In May it will be drowned in blood -- but its memory will inspire socialists for generations.