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Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year.
4 hari yang lalu · Bastille Day, national holiday in France and its overseas départements and territories, marking the anniversary of the fall on July 14, 1789, of the Bastille, in Paris. Originally built as a medieval fortress, the Bastille eventually came to be used as a state prison.
21 Jun 2017 · Bastille Day is a holiday celebrating the storming of the Bastille—a military fortress and prison—on July 14, 1789, in a violent uprising that helped usher in the French Revolution.
15 Jul 2016 · After outbreaks of violence on the streets of Paris, an armed mob surrounded Bastille on the morning of 14 July. They stormed the prison and as word spread, the French Revolution was born.
12 Jul 2021 · French people travelling to or living in English-speaking countries are sometimes surprised when asked about their plans for “Bastille Day”: they refer to the day as Quatorze Juillet (14...
13 Jul 2016 · Bastille Day marks an important French Revolution anniversary, but the real event and its symbolism have sometimes diverged.
13 Jul 2023 · “ Bastille Day ” is known in France simply as “le Quatorze Juillet”, a reference to the date on which it is held. July 14 became an official national holiday in 1880 to commemorate key turning...
14 Jul 2021 · France's national holiday celebrates the day a group of French revolutionaries seized the Bastille, a state prison and symbol of royal overreach.
14 Jul 2021 · While English speakers refer to Bastille Day, in France the day is intimately related to a different historical event: the Fête de la Fédération (Festival of the Federation), a mass gathering held on July 14, 1790. In 1789, the people of Paris attacked the Bastille: a political prison, a symbol of the monarchy and an armoury.
On 14 July 1994, Eurocorps took part in the Bastille Day parade on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. For the first time since the end of World War II, German soldiers marched in France, a sign of French-German reconciliation under the European Union.
