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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 ...
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.
Nevertheless, as a potent symbol of the Ancien Régime, its destruction was viewed as a triumph and Bastille Day is still celebrated every year. [47] In French culture, some see its fall as the start of the Revolution. [48] The Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the iconic event of the Revolution, still commemorated each year as Bastille Day
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 ...
Bastille Day commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, a key event in the French Revolution. ... France celebrated Bastille Day on Saturday with a colorful military parade in Paris ...
The Place de la Bastille (French pronunciation: [plas də la bastij]) is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison once stood, until the storming of the Bastille and its subsequent physical destruction between 14 July 1789 and 14 July 1790 during the French Revolution. No vestige of the prison remains.
Riot in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine suburb of Paris against the manufacturer of Réveillon wallpapers. Tuesday, 5 May: Convention of the Estates-General of 1789, the first meeting since 1614 of the Estates-General; Saturday, 20 June: The Tennis Court Oath is made in Versailles. Thursday, 9 July: Forming of the National Constituent Assembly ...
The king thus demanded the construction of a chastel to protect his residence and the Porte Saint-Antoine – completed in 1382, this chastel became the Bastille. During Charles VI of France's reign, the inhabitants of Paris got through the Porte Saint-Antoine three times to attack the hôtel Saint-Pol and during the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil ...