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  2. Aug 20, 2024 · Bastille Day, national holiday in France and its overseas départements and territories, marking the anniversary of the fall on July 14, 1789, of the Bastille, in Paris. Originally built as a medieval fortress, the Bastille eventually came to be used as a state prison.

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    French National Day is the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, [1][2] a major event of the French Revolution, [4] as well as the Fête de la Fédération that celebrated the unity of the French people on 14 July 1790. Celebrations are held throughout France.

  4. Jun 21, 2017 · Bastille Day is a holiday celebrating the storming of the Bastille—a military fortress and prisonon July 14, 1789, in a violent uprising that helped usher in the French Revolution.

  5. Bastille Day marks an important French Revolution anniversary, but the real event and its symbolism have sometimes diverged.

  6. Jul 13, 2023 · July 14 became an official national holiday in 1880 to commemorate key turning points in French history. The French Revolution officially began on May 5, 1789, when King Louis XVI called a...

  7. Storming of the Bastille, iconic conflict of the French Revolution. On July 14, 1789, fears that King Louis XVI was about to arrest France’s newly constituted National Assembly led a crowd of Parisians to successfully besiege the Bastille, an old fortress that had been used since 1659 as a state.

  8. Jul 14, 2021 · On July 14, 1789, thousands of Parisians stormed the prison to protest King Louis XVI's abuse of power. It was a defining moment of the revolution that toppled the monarchy.

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