Bastille Day Tarihi

July 6, 1880

Bastille Day becomes official

Bastille Day is voted to be a yearly national holiday in France

July 14, 1790

The first Fête de la Fédération

Fête de la Fédération takes place on the one year anniversary of the storming of The Bastille to celebrate French unity.

July 14, 1789

Bastille is stormed

French revolutionaries storm The Bastille, in a victory both strategic and symbolic.