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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.
Its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution. In France, 14 July is a national holiday called Fête nationale française which commemorates both the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille and the Fête de la Fédération which occurred on its first anniversary in 1790. In English this holiday is commonly referred to as Bastille Day.
Bastille Day is France’s national day and it is celebrated on the 14th of July and it remembers the Storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 by a revolutionary mob. Their attack was viewed as a ...
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] 1791 – Beginning of Priestley Riots (to 17 July) in Birmingham targeting Joseph Priestley as a supporter of the French Revolution. [11]
The fête nationale (English: National Day or National Celebration) is a holiday in many places, frequently as a public holiday. It is a French language term for National Holiday, so is used in places that use French. It may refer to: Bastille Day (July 14) in France, Fête nationale française
July 14 is Bastille Day, a French national holiday that commemorates the storming of the Bastille in 1789 and the beginning of the French Revolution. It is the perfect excuse to feast on your ...
It was stormed by a crowd on 14 July 1789, in the French Revolution, becoming an important symbol for the French Republican movement. It was later demolished and replaced by the Place de la Bastille. The castle was built to defend the eastern approach to the city from potential English attacks during the Hundred Years' War.