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Storming of the Bastille, Paris, 14th July 1789 (1882-1884). The Bastille was a prison in Paris, known formally as Bastille Saint-Antoine. On the morning of 14th July 1789, a crowd advanced on the Bastille, the state prison in Paris. Their intention was to ask the governor to release the prisoners (there were only seven) and weapons in the building. The governor was evasive and the people stormed the fortress in what became the most celebrated episode of the French Revolution. A print from La France et les Français à Travers les Siècles, Volume III, F Roy editor, A Challamel, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884.