Bastille Day 2020: History and significance of the day that marked onset of French Revolution 200 years ago
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Bastille Day 2020: History and significance of the day that marked onset of French Revolution 200 years ago

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During the storming of Bastille in 1789, about a hundred people were killed and the event is now remembered as one of the pivotal points in the French Revolution Bastille Day signifies the start of the French Revolution more than 200 years ago. On this day, considered one of the defining moments of the French Revolution, people in France, unhappy with the reign of King Louis XVI, surrounded the Bastille prison on the morning of 14 July, stormed it. During the storming of Bastille in 1789, about a hundred people were killed and the event is now remembered as one of the pivotal points in the French Revolution. The ceremony will include the traditional fly-over by French military aircraft and will see the honoring of the military’s participation in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic as well as frontline health care workers.

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