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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.
On 21 May 1880, an elected representative from Paris, Benjamin Raspail, submitted a bill which was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies on 8 June, and then the Senate on 29 June. The law was enacted on 6 July, a few days before the first Bastille Day celebration. The date was declared a bank holiday, like certain religious festivals.
Jul 14, 2021 · Caroline Westbrook Published Jul 14, 2021, 10:50am|Updated Jul 14, 2021, 1:37pm. The Bastille Day parade has returned to France for 2021 (Picture: EPA) Today, July 14, is Bastille Day – which is ...
Jul 14, 2021 · Bastille Day is celebrated with parades and fireworks across France every 14 July. But what is the history of this national holiday? It commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789 by ...
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Jul 14, 2024 · The Storming of the Bastille. Bastille Day commemorates the 1790 “ Fête de la Fédération ”. This celebration occurred on the first anniversary of dismantling the Bastille fortress on 14 July 1789. The Storming of the Bastille was an essential symbol of a new era in the country. It preceded the First Republic.
Aug 20, 2024 · Subscribe. Bastille Day, in France and its overseas departments and territories, holiday commemorating 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 and later came to symbolize the harsh rule of the Bourbon monarchy.
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Jun 21, 2017 · Bastille Day is a holiday celebrating the storming of the Bastille—a military fortress and prison—on July 14, 1789, in a violent uprising that helped usher in the French Revolution.
