The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...

Runners and walkers are invited to lace up for the Storm the Bastille 5K, returning on Thursday, July 17 at 9 p.m. The ...

During Trump’s first term, in 2017, Macron invited the president as his guest of honor at the annual Bastille Day celebration ...

Bastille Day is the largest summer holiday in France so Paris celebrates it on a grand scale. It is the 14th of July and celebrates the French Revolution when the Bastille prison was taken over ...

Armed with axes, hay thieves, knives and rifles, they storm the Bastille fortress. Join us for the crazy day in the streets of Paris, which has become a symbol of the French Republic.

Marie Antoinette didn’t say let them eat cake As the story goes, when Queen Marie Antoinette heard that the French ... of the Bastille, are the events of 5 October 1789. On this day, thousands ...

The French Bulldog Parade was held as part of the 5th France Day Festival in Moscow. The annual festivities marked Bastille Day, one of the biggest days on the French national calendar.

Adams signed the Acts into law on July 14, the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille that began the French Revolution. They expired on March 3, 1801, the last full day of Adams' presidential ...

On the 14th of July hundreds marched on a hated symbol of royal power, a fortress and prison called the Bastille ... much more than simply a mob. The French Revolution would be led by shopkeepers ...

The national day of France, commonly known as Bastille Day in English-speaking ... Its fall was the flashpoint of the French revolution 'Are those blueberries or eggs?': Mars yields new spherules ...

The Bastille Day Parade, which marks the historic storming of the Bastille prison during the French Revolution in 1789, serves as a tribute to France’s cultural and military legacy. This year ...