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The opening of the estate general, on 5 may 1789 in versailles, also marked the start of the french revolution. On 4 may 1789 the last grand ceremony of the ancien regime was held in versailles: the procession of the general estate general. -
Dramatic act of defiance by representatives of the nonprivileged classes of the French nation during the meeting of the Estates-General at the beginning of the French Revolution.
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On 14 July 1789, a state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob.