Bastille Day
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Bas·tille Day (b

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July 14, observed in France in commemoration of the storming of the Paris Bastille in 1789, a citizens' victory at the outset of the French Revolution.

Bastille Day

(in France) an annual holiday on July 14, commemorating the fall of the Bastille

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Bastille Day - a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789

14 July

legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday - authorized by law and limiting work or official business

July - the month following June and preceding August

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Bastille Day (redirected from Taking of the Bastille)

Bastille Day
(redirected from Taking of the Bastille)