12h 56min, jul 14, 1789 y - Storming of the Bastille
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People in the country, in support of the national assembly, stormed the Bastille (King's prison) demanding that prisoners be released and weapons and gunpowder, that they believed to be located in the prison.This attack on the Bastille impacted many things and was also what started the French Revolution and provided it with an extreme amount of momentum.
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12h 56min, jul 14, 1789 y
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