On July 14, 1789, thousands of Parisians stormed the prison to protest King Louis XVI's abuse of power. It was a defining moment of the revolution that toppled the monarchy.

#OtD 14 Jul 1789 the people of Paris stormed the Bastille, a notorious prison and a symbol of power and the old order. This marked the first victory in the French Revolution. https://t.co ...

1. Misconception: Les Misérables takes place during the French Revolution. After seeing the 2012 film adaptation of the musical Les Misérables in theaters, historian Julia Gossard caught a ...

The modern understanding of revolution emerged late, during the Enlightenment and French Revolution that are the expertise of Mr. Edelstein, a professor at Stanford University.

It underpinned the French Revolution and has been a basic tenet of the country's progressive thought since the 18th Century. Headscarves challenge French secular traditions To this day, anything that ...