The Bastille.
La Bastille. There were only seven prisoners in it.
They were most likely stolen or destroyed.
It was the revolt to free the prisoners of Bastille a prison and a place where weapons were kept, weapons they used to continue on with revolution. They freed Bastille because the prisoners weren't given a fair trial.
Yes, on that point the French Revolution granted equal rights to women.
Yes. I heard in TV that prisoners were escaped when the prison was destroyed by earthquake.
New York
they were imprisoned about 25-30 years before Bastille day. 5 forgers and 2 mentally ill prisoners....lolololol
In "A Tale of Two Cities," a tumbrel is a two-wheeled cart used to transport prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution. The tumbrels were a symbol of the brutal and violent nature of the revolution, with the prisoners facing execution by the guillotine once they reached their destination.
Charles Herbert has written: 'A relic of the revolution, containing a full and particular account of the sufferings and privations of all the American prisoners captured on the high seas, and carried to Plymouth, England, during the revolution of 1776' -- subject(s): Prisoners and prisons, Naval operations, History
Generally it was transported to & fro (In Europe at least) by the Red Cross. This applies to British & US forces. The Red Cross did much to ensure the safety and survival of hundreds & thousands of prisoners. There is then a vast contrast between on one hand the treatment of German & Italian prisoners held by the Allies & the Russian prisoners of the Nazis and the German prisoners of the Russians & similarly the Japanese Allied prisoners: The conditions were appalling. There were very few Japanese prisoners: Surrender wasn't an option.
It was to free the prisoners inside about 7 were freed according to QI General Book of Ignorance
This 1835 battle was fought during the Texas Revolution. There was a massacre; Santa Ana's troops killed all prisoners.