storming of the Bastille: Quick Facts

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Date	July 14, 1789
Location	France • Paris

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Colored engraving depicting the storming of the Bastille, with crowds of armed citizens and National Guards attacking the fortress as smoke and flames rise in the background.

Coloured engraving depicting a large crowd of armed revolutionaries storming the Bastille prison, with smoke and chaos in front of the fortress walls.

Colored engraving showing a crowd of revolutionaries storming the Bastille fortress, with smoke and flames rising from a building, during the French Revolution on July 14, 1789.

Black and white illustration of French revolutionaries storming the Bastille, with armed crowds, cannon, smoke, and the fortress gate in the background.

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