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Parisian citizens stormed the Bastille fortress on 14 July 1789

The capture of the medieval armory became a defining symbol of the French Revolution

On 14 July 1789, an armed crowd of Parisian revolutionaries attacked the medieval royal fortress and prison known as the Bastille. Seeking gunpowder and challenging royal absolutism, their assault forced King Louis XVI to accept constitutional limits and triggered revolutionary uprisings across rural France.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The capture of the medieval armory became a defining symbol of the French Revolution. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a history fact?: Yes. It sits on the History shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.