French Revolution
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"We're taking the Bastille," one demonstrator shouted in Marseille as masked protesters rammed the door of the mayor's offices with security barriers, in reference to the 1789 storming of a fortress during the French Revolution.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Prove your skills by playing today’s quiz, with questions about King Henry VIII’s wives, U.S. vice presidents, the French Revolution, and more.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
Notwithstanding a history that dates at least to the baptism of Clovis I in Reims in 496, the relationship between church and state was ruptured by the French Revolution and has never fully recovered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Held each year on 14 July, the national holiday marks the storming of the Bastille fortress in 1789, a key event from the French Revolution.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
His works were key texts from the end of the Dark Ages through the Renaissance and French Revolution to the drafting of the American Constitution.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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