jul 14, 1789 - Storming of the Bastile
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The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. The prison contained just seven inmates at the time of its storming, but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy's abuses of power; its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storming_of_the_Bastille
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jul 14, 1789
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~ 237 years ago