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...

The Bastille (/bæˈstiːl/, French: [bastij] ) was a fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal...

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...

June. The Storming of the Bastille in Paris on 14 July was followed by a series of radical measures by the Assembly, among them the abolition of feudalism...

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...

French general of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Along with Pierre-Augustin Hulin, he took part in and led the storming of the Bastille. Élie was born...

led the Storming of the Bastille and formed the cadre for the National Guard. The regiment was created in 1563 by Charles IX. It was composed of 9,000...

served as the governor of the Bastille. He was the son of a previous governor, and commander of the Bastille's garrison when it was stormed on 14 July...

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, and the lyrics by Neil Peart. The song uses the storming of the Bastille, which began the French Revolution, as an allegory...

Early in the French Revolution, the Paris militia, which played a prominent role in the storming of the Bastille, wore a cockade of blue and red, the city's...

part in the storming of the Bastille, the trial of the Duke d'Enghien, and the foiling of the Malet coup. Pierre Augustin Hulin, the son of a Parisian...

events such as the storming of the Bastille, during which riots in Paris forced Louis to definitively recognize the legislative authority of the National Assembly...

The Bastille Day solar storm was a powerful solar storm on 14–16 July 2000 during the solar maximum of solar cycle 23. The storm began on the national...

at the Basilica of St Denis, a month before the storming of the Bastille. On 10 August 1793, on order of the National Convention during the Reign of Terror...

rejection of the Ancien Régime and a direct attack on religious institutions and symbols, which were seen as key pillars of the Ancien Régime. The Bastille was...

and shows the French Revolution in Paris from the storming of the Bastille to the execution of the King. The film made its world premiere out of competition...

prominent figure of the French Revolution. He is best known for playing an instrumental role in the events that led to the Storming of the Bastille. Desmoulins...

longer than a year, from 14 July 1790, the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, to the establishment of the Legislative Assembly on 1 October...

la Bastille (song), a French song created in 1790 Storming of the Bastille, an event in the French Revolution Governor of the Bastille, a list of commanders...

Guard. In the days following the storming of the Bastille, for fear of assassination, and ordered by the King, the emigration of members of the high aristocracy...

work, along with Dieu. His intention, apparently, was to invest the storming of the Bastille with a religious significance; after making various efforts,...

of the 200th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, in the presence of thirty-three foreign heads of state or heads of government. A semi-staged...

representative Assembly. The inaugural fête of 1790 was set for 14 July, to coincide with the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, although that is...

He was the last chief minister of the Bourbon Monarchy, appointed by King Louis XVI only one hundred hours before the storming of the Bastille. Breteuil...

July 14 French Revolution: Storming of the Bastille – Citizens of Paris storm the fortress of the Bastille, and free the only seven prisoners held. In...

on the provincial Parlements. On several occasions, he stood in opposition to Mirabeau. After the storming of the Bastille, he saw the power of the masses...

official public holidays in France, of which four are movable days which always fall on a weekday. The Alsace region and the Moselle department observe two...

born in the year of the storming of the Bastille, the start of the French Revolution. The religious, political, economic, and social unrest of the times...

in the city. Paris also holds the headquarters of the La Poste, France's national postal carrier. Bastille Day, a celebration of the storming of the Bastille...

cockade was devised at the beginning of the French Revolution. On 12 July 1789 – two days before the storming of the Bastille – the revolutionary journalist...