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Storming of the Bastille
The taking of the Bastille took place in Paris on Tuesday, July 14, 1789. Although the medieval fortress known as the Bastille only guarded six prisoners, its fall into the hands of the Parisian revolutionaries symbolically meant the end of the Ancien Régime and the starting point of the French Revolution.
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The Escape of Varennes
The Escape of Varennes was a significant episode of the French Revolution, in which the royal family had a serious decline in its royal authority, trying unsuccessfully to escape abroad disguised as a Russian aristocratic family. Wikipedia
Date: June 21, 1791 -
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France Declares War to Britain and Netherlands
The French Revolutionary Wars or Coalition Wars were a succession of wars and political conflicts between the French revolutionary government and Austria until the signing of the Treaty of Luneville in 1801. Wikipedia
Location: Europe
Date: 20 Apr 1792 – 25 Mar. from 1802