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Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year.It is referred to, both legally [3] and commonly, as le 14 juillet (French: [lə katɔʁz(ə) ʒɥijɛ]) in French, though la fête nationale is also used in the press.
The Bastille Day military parade, also known as the 14 July military parade, translation of the French name of Défilé militaire du 14 juillet, is a French military parade that has been held on the morning of Bastille Day, 14 July, each year in Paris since 1880, almost without exception.
Paris is hosting an extra-special guest for France’s national holiday Sunday — the Olympic flame lighting up the city’s grandiose military parade for Bastille Day. Just 12 days before the ...
The Storming of the Bastille (French: Prise de la Bastille [pʁiz də la bastij]) occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789, when revolutionary insurgents attempted to storm and seize control of the medieval armoury, fortress and political prison known as the Bastille. After four hours of fighting and 94 deaths, the insurgents were able to ...
France celebrated its national holiday Friday with whizzing warplanes and a grand Bastille Day parade in Paris — and with more than 100,000 police deployed around the country to prevent a new ...
cameronparkins/Flickr CelebratiJuly 14th is Bastille Day, the the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille in Paris, which precipitated the French Revolution. Think Independence Day in America, but
1789 – Storming of the Bastille in Paris. This event escalates the widespread discontent into the French Revolution. [8] Bastille Day is still celebrated annually in France. [9] 1790 – Inaugural Fête de la Fédération is held to celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation. [10]
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