The Bastille (formally known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine) was a fortress in Paris, France.
The French people stormed the Bastille in 1789 and so July 14th is the French Independence Day. The French people stormed the Bastille in 1789 and so July 14th is the French Independence Day.
The Bastille was made a prison under the reign of Louis XIII.
France and most military historians use the Storming of the Bastille as the starting point in the French Revolution.
The first Bastille Day can be traced back to the first day of the Fête de la Fédération, which happened on July 14, 1790 on the Champ de Mars (where the Eiffel Tower is now located) in Paris, France.
The Bastille (large prison in Paris) was stormed by the poor and starving population of France, this was the beginning of the French revolution.
The Storming of the Bastille.
The Seizure of the Bastille happened during the French Revolution. Basically, what happened was, the group of revolutionaries in France invaded a fort/prison in Paris known as the Bastille. They invaded it, killed all the guards, and released the prisoners. Some of the prisoners joined the revolutionaries to end the monarchy in France.
The Bastille was stormed on the 14th July 1789, this along with the Tennis Court Oath is generally thought to be the start of the French Revolution.
Toussaint, (all saints day) Bastille Day, (the storming of the Bastille, a french prison) and Fete Du Travail (workers day).
The storming of the Bastille happened on July 14, 1789. Only 7 prisoners were found in the jail, only one of which was a political prisoner. The demolition of the Bastille started the very next day.
The storming of the Bastille took place on July 14th, 1789.
they all died out becasue of the take over by the spanish
Unlikely since he died on 1 September 1715 and the Storming of the Bastille happened on 14 July 1789.
It began 0n 14 July 1789 with the Storming of the Bastille in Paris, France.
The people who seized the Bastille were not peasants but Paris' townspeople, led by a few soldiers. Peasants did not came inside the capital from the countryside, to participate in the fall of the Bastille (althought they did participate in much that happened by the countryside). The weapons used to capture the Bastille were rifles seized earlier in the day at the Invalides arsenal, and a few cannons taken from the same location.
The Bastille was a prison.