11h 42min, jul 14, 1789 y - The overtaking of Bastille
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Parisian revolutionaries storm and dismantle the Bastille, a royal prison that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. This action signaled the beginning of the French Revolution.
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11h 42min, jul 14, 1789 y
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~ 234 years ago
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