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5 unusual facts about Storming of the Bastille


Ernest Defarge

Defarge is the leader of his community and will be pivotal in leading the people on the Storming of the Bastille.

Georg Heinrich Sieveking

On 14 July 1790, the first anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille, a freedom celebration organized by Sieveking occurred in Harvestehude, a neighborhood of Hamburg, which received attention far beyond the city.

Letters Written in France

Letters I–XV: Williams' narrative begins at a Mass at Notre Dame de Paris on the eve of the Fête de la Fédération, a celebration to commemorate the first anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille.

Maratha Light Infantry

On the occasion of 221st Storming of the Bastille day celebrations, the Maratha Light Infantry lead the parade at the Parisian boulevard of Champs Elysses on 14 July 2009.

Oscar François de Jarjayes

She renounces her status and her regiment joins forces with the people marching to the Bastille.


Benjamin Raspail

As member of the council for Seine for the republican left, Raspail proposed the law, on 21 May 1880, which made 14 July a national holiday in commemoration of the storming of the Bastille and the Fête de la Fédération.

Cincinnati riots of 1884

The French author Victor Hugo even compared the riot to the storming of the Bastille, calling the rioters champions of justice and heroes.

Joseph Hyacinthe François de Paule de Rigaud, Comte de Vaudreuil

Following the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, which marked the beginning of the French Revolution, Vaudreuil, in the company of his old royal comrade, the comte d'Artois, left Versailles on horseback for the Austrian Netherlands.


see also

Flesselles

Jacques de Flesselles (1721 – 14 July 1789), provost of Paris assassinated during the storming of the Bastille