Fall of the Bastille
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, French Revolution, Reign of Terror, Class Conflict
- Curriculum: 18th Century European History, French History
- Geographical Location: Paris
- Date: July 14, 1789
Article abstract: The fall of the Bastille signals the emergence of the Parisian crowd as a potent political force when they seize this symbol of royal oppression.
Summary of Event
The storming of the Bastille was the climax of the Paris Revolution of July, 1789, a time marked by the determination of Paris crowds to defend the French Revolution against perceived royalist threats to disband the National Assembly, which had been meeting since June at Versailles, and restore absolutism. Composed of the original three estates which the king had summoned in...
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