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Events on Monday 19 September 1870 1
1870Siege of Paris BeginsPrussian forces encircle the French capitalGerman forces surrounded Paris on 19 September 1870, beginning a siege that would last over four months. Parisians endured food shortages, resorting to eating zoo animals, while the city attempted to communicate by hot air balloon. The siege ended with France's surrender in January 1871.