The day (14 July 1789) when French [[peasant]]s stormed the [[Bastille]] prison and freed all seven inmates. Its most famous inhabitant, the author and aristocrat, the [[Marquis de Sade]] had been removed from the Bastille a few days previously and sent to a [[lunatic asylum]].
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'''Bastille Day''' (July 14, 1789), also known as French Independence day marked the beginning of the [[French Revolution]]. It was when French [[peasant]]s stormed the [[Bastille]] prison and freed all seven inmates. Its most famous inhabitant, the author and aristocrat, the [[Marquis de Sade]] had been removed from the Bastille a few days previously and sent to a [[lunatic asylum]].
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'''Bastille Day''', the 14th of July is still celebrated in [[France]] today.
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Bastille Day is still celebrated in [[France]] today on the 14th of July.
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[[Category:France]]
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==External links==
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*[https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/23611-bastille-day-is-nothing-to-celebrate Bastille Day Is Nothing to Celebrate], by Steve Byas, at ''The New American''