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What follows is a Paris newspaper account of the fall of the Bastille. ... First, the people tried to enter this fortress by the Rue St.---Antoine, ... a detachment of French Guards, with perhaps five to six thousand armed bourgeois, penetrated the Bastille's outer courtyard, but as soon as some six hundred persons had passed...
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The Storming of the Bastille in Paris occurred on 14 July, 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. While the prison o...
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Bastille Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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'Bastille Day is the French national holiday, celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is called Fête Nationale (" National Celebration ") in official parlance, or more commonly le quato...
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The Bastille was a French prison, and a symbol of the absolute monarchy of France. When the angry mob finally got inside the Bastille during the French Revolution, prisoners were released, and the Governor of the Bastille, Bernard de Launay, was captured. ... Date: July 14, 1789...
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Bastille Day is a very important time to recall justice and equity. ... July 14 is celebrated as Bastille Day in France. The Bastille was a prison in Paris, which the people stormed and seized in 1789, starting the French Revolution that toppled King Louis XVI and the aristocracy.
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On July 14, 1789 the French Revolution began when a large group stormed the Bastille. The Revolution lasted for ten years and brought some great changes (along with many deaths). While democracy wasn't established for several decades, the Revolution served as a turning point for how France was governed.
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English History question: What was The prison attacked by citizens of Paris on July 14 1789? The Bastille, a fortress on the edge of town. The mob attacked it because a) they needed some guns and b) the ... Discuss the question "What was The prison attacked by citizens of Paris on July 14 1789?"
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