Bastille Day
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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 and commonly, as le 14 juil
Fireworks at the Eiffel Tower, Paris, 2017
Fête de la Fédération, Musée de la Révolution française
Claude Monet, Rue Montorgueil, Paris, Festival of 30 June 1878
Military parade during World War I
Storming of the Bastille
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The Storming of the Bastille, also known as Fall of the Bastille, which occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789, was an act of political violence by revolutionary insurgents who attempted to storm
Bastille Day
…and commonly, as le 14 juillet (French: ) in French, though la fête nationale is also used in the press. French National Day is the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, a major event of the French Revolution, as well as the Fête de la Fédération that celebrated the unity of the French people on 14 July…
Contemporary painting of the storming
Portrait of Jacques Necker by Joseph Duplessis
Portrait of the Marquis de Launay, the Governor of the Bastille during the storm
The Bastille of Paris before the Revolution