July 14, 1789
Parisians storm the Bastille
A Paris crowd seized the royal fortress-prison of the Bastille in search of arms, an uprising that came to symbolise the start of the French Revolution and the collapse of royal authority in the capital.
July 14, 1789
A Paris crowd seized the royal fortress-prison of the Bastille in search of arms, an uprising that came to symbolise the start of the French Revolution and the collapse of royal authority in the capital.