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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.
While British troops had participated in the Bastille Day parades of 14 July 1919 and 1939 (see below), this was the first occasion that invited foreign troops had actually led the parade. [2] In 2007, the parade opened with detachments from all member states of the European Union, flying the European flag. The European anthem was played.
The triumphal arch of the Fête de la Fédération, by Hubert Robert.. The event took place on the Champ de Mars, which was at the time far outside Paris.The vast stadium had been financed by the National Assembly, and completed in time only with the help of thousands of volunteer laborers from the Paris region.
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.
July 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Bastille Day (France and dependencies) [9] International Non-Binary People's Day [119] Republic Day (Iraq) [120] Victoria Day (Sweden). The birthday of Crown Princess Victoria is an official flag flying day in Sweden. [121] North Korean Defectors' Day (in South Korea) [122]
France in the Middle Ages • Early Modern France • Ancien Régime • French Wars of ... 14 July: National Day: Fête Nationale Française ... Wikipedia® is a ...
"Les Balles du 14 juillet 1953" (The Bullets of July 14, 1953) is the reference work on the subject, thanks in particular to the study of police archives (Archives of the Prefecture of Police of Paris, series HE8), the investigative file at the Archives of the Seine (Archives de la Seine, No. 1348 W17), and numerous unpublished testimonies from ...
On the evening of 14 July 2016, a 19-tonne cargo truck was deliberately driven into crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, resulting in the deaths of 86 people [n 1] and injuring 434 others. [4]