The start of a bloody revolution in France, a period where many thousands died in paranoid France. This period also saw
France's aristocracy takes thier money elsewhere, making the country poor and weak.
Bastille day marks the beggining of one of the worst perods of France's history.
Why don't the
froggies celebrate October the 19th (1453- end of the hundred years' war) or the
7th of January (1558- liberation of calais- the actual end of the
hundred years war) as a national holiday.