King Louis XVI was residing at (the palace of) Versailles.
The storming of the Bastille took place on 14 July 1789. The King at that time was Louis XVI, who was sympathetic to some of the revolutionaries' demands. He was a well-meaning if ineffectual king.
Thought it was foolish
The revolution started in 1789 with the storming of the Bastille prison and the Tennis Court Oath and ended in 1799 with Napoleon rising to power. King Louis XVI was killed in 1793, at the start of the reign of terror.
No, the Bastille was stormed on 14 July 1789 and King Louis XVI was never held in the Bastille. When he was imprisoned, it was at the Temple and he was not executed until 21 January 1793 almost three and a half years after the French Revolution began.
No, it begins with the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789.
While the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, Marie Antoinette was at the Palace of Versailles, where she was reportedly alarmed by the unfolding events in Paris. Though her exact actions during the storming are not well-documented, she was concerned about the increasing unrest and the potential implications for the monarchy. In the days leading up to the storming, she and King Louis XVI were aware of the growing discontent among the French populace and were trying to maintain control over the situation.
In 1789, during the storming of the Bastille, there were 7 prisoners. The Bastille represented royal authority and this was exactly what the French people wanted to rid themselves of. Also, it was randomly known there was a lot of gunpowder stored in the Bastille and since the people feared that King Louis XVI was planning a counter revolution, they wanted to arm themselves against the foreign troops that they thought Louis had ordered from abroad. The French saw it as a victory when they freed the 7 prisoners and tore down the Bastille. They conveniently forgot the fact that among them were 4 forgers, 2 lunatics and 1 pedophile.
La Bastille, a prison-fortress in paris, was stormed by the people of Paris with the help of part of the 'Garde Royale' regiment.The storming of the Bastille, a fortress used as a prison, where rioters thought they could find powder and ammunition to defend themselves against the foreign regiments employed by the monarchy.The Bastille.
It was a shock to the King, and his government. Things were out of control when the citizen are arming themselves in preparation for a Civil War.
It was a Royal prison and fortress normally reserved for enemies of the King. Because the Storming of the Bastille was a popular grass roots effort without genuine leadership, it marks the start of the French Revolution in history.
The French Revolution ( The 'Storming of the Bastille) in 1789.