Storming of the Bastille
1789 · Event
Parisian crowds seize the Bastille prison; symbolic start of the French Revolution.
On these timelines: Master, France, French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars
Around 1789
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- Latin American wars of independence (1808)
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- Greek War of Independence (1821)
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- Opium Wars (1839)
- Seven Years' War (1756)
- Haitian Revolution (1791)
- French Revolution (1789)