ID: 901000248 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000248	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Storming of the Bastille (French Revolution, 1789)

Note: Event that occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille, that represented royal authority in the centre of Paris, was taken by revolutionaries.

Display Date: 14 July 1789

Names:

	Storming of the Bastille (French Revolution, 1789) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Prise de la Bastille (French Revolution, 1789) (French-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<European history> (P)
		........<French history> (P)
		............French Revolution (French history, 1787-1799) (P)
		................Storming of the Bastille (French Revolution, 1789) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... insurgency
	.....(political events, cultural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... París
	.....(Île-de-France, France, Europe) (TGN)

Sources:

	Storming of the Bastille (French Revolution, 1789)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	Prise de la Bastille (French Revolution, 1789)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)