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Why the French Revolution matters

The storming of the Bastille was the opening act in a century-long upheaval that broke with the premodern world and finally put ordinary people in charge of their nation’s destiny. That’s the legacy ...
It acknowledges the day Parisians stormed the Bastille fortress and prison in 1789, helping spark the French Revolution that ...
France's national holiday commemorating the storming of the Bastille and the start of the French Revolution in 1789. To mark La Fête Nationale we'll play your favorite songs with lyrics in French.