A brief history of Bastille Day 28 Articles

by Carol H. Morgan

On the first Bastille day in 1789, young King Louis XVI certainly didn't show much awareness that his beloved world in Versailles, and his life along with it, was about to come to a violent end. In his diary that day, he w...read more

by Laurel Michaels

In many ways, Bastille Day is the French equivalent to the United State's Independence Day. For the French, the actions on that day symbolized freedom from an oppressive rule, much like the visionary signers of the Decla...read more

by Rainier Wong

July 14, 1789. A prison in Paris was stormed by the Parisian Militia led by Camille Desmoulins. Originally a fortress, this prison was known as the Bastille. Although, only seven people were held in it at the time, the fre...read more

by Artie Vandealy

July 14 is often called and is celebrated as Bastille Day in France. It is much like America's independence day. BACKGROUND OF THE BASTILLE The Bastille was a prison in Paris, which the people stormed by gunpoint in...read more

by Noah Sajob

Bastille day, or the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, was one of the events that precipitated the French Revolution. It turned the tide of power from the royalty and the aristocracy to the peasantry and middle cl...read more

by Kalyn Ryan

The storming of the Bastille took place on July 14, 1789. It is considered to be the root from which the French Revolution rapidly grew. While the prison only held seven prisoners at the time, and was set to be closed, it ...read more

by Alexia Wincorescholl

Many factors contributed the upheaval of French citizens that led to the storming of the Bastille Prison, on July 14, 1789, that essentially marked the beginning of the French Revolution. By the time Louis XVI became the ...read more

by Karen Ellis

Freedom! That is what the hearts of the French were screaming the day they stormed Bastille, the location of a famous prison. It wasn't entirely about the fourteen prisoners they released, but the act symbolized their un...read more

by Kimberly Bunch

A brief History of Bastille Day The Bastille Day holiday is celebrated on July 14th of every year. The holiday is in celebration of the end of the old monarchy rule for a fresh new start as the French Republic Country ...read more

by Alexi Hershey

Bastille Day Brief Many people and events led to France's national holiday, Bastille Day. The definitive factor was economics. Wars of previous generations and royals spending excessive amounts of money on luxuries hel...read more

by Barry Vale

A brief history of Bastille Day Every year the French celebrate the 14th of July as their national day, calling it Bastille in memory of the storming of the Bastille. The storming of the Bastille on the 14th July 1789 ...read more

by Ted Sherman

When French citizens stormed the Bastille Prison in Paris on the morning of July 14, 1789, many people, including noted historians, still believe they sang "La Marseillaise", later to become the French national anthem. The...read more

by Kathleen Richardson

Is there a country in this world that hasn't had to do battle, over and over, for their freedom? France joined those legions of freedom fighters in 1789 when an angry mob besieged the fortress known as Bastille. Loca...read more

by Lori Lane.

Americans celebrate their Independence Day on July 4th and the French celebrate their Bastille Day on July 14th. According to history Bastille a fortress called the Bastille prison, was located in the square of Paris and ...read more

by C. A. Pruit

Tensions had been rising for years between the people of France and their Monarchy. The citizens were becoming increasingly frustrated with higher taxes and unfair treatment being imposed on them without any recourse. The ...read more

by Elizabeth Eagleton

History Bastille day is celebrated on July 14th every year in France. In the year 1780, France was influenced by ineffective upper class, was nearing economic failure. The indigent in this country suffered, and the midd...read more

by Emma Riley Sutton

France celebrates Bastille Day to remember the beginning of the end of King Louis XVI reign of absolute power and tyranny. Much like the American celebration the Fourth of July, France celebrates July 14th to remember the...read more

by Magnolia Miller

Bastille Day, known by some as the French 4th of July, was born out of a time when France was ruled by a corrupt and powerful monarchy in the late 1700's. France was in deep financial debt and politically unstable as ...read more

by Sheila-Ann Bender

Americans have Independence Day, Mexicans have Cinco de Mayo and Frenchmen have Bastille Day. All represent the beginning of a new form of government, and all are celebrated within their cultures surrounded by much pomp a...read more

by Scott Christmas

Celebrated each year on July 14th, Bastille Day commemorates the day in 1789 when the Bastille prison was stormed by insurgents, sparking the French Revolution. Bastille Day is for the French what Independence Day is for ...read more