Storming of the Bastille

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical event
gptkbp:aftermath rise_of_the_French_Republic
gptkbp:awards victory for revolutionaries
gptkbp:celebrates gptkb:Bastille_Day
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Bernard-René_de_Launay
gptkbp:conflict siege
gptkbp:cultural_impact art and literature
gptkbp:date July 14, 1789
gptkbp:governance monarchy_of_Louis_XVI
gptkbp:governs increased repression
gptkbp:historical_significance varied among historians
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:French_Enlightenment
gptkbp:historicalPeriod academic journals
academic studies
historical analyses
historical exhibitions
historical novels
government documents
public speeches
documentary films
eyewitness accounts
political pamphlets
historical documentaries
artistic representations
newspaper articles
letters and diaries
government propaganda
artistic critiques
memoirs of participants
gptkbp:historicalRecords often romanticized
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Storming of the Bastille
gptkbp:influence inspired other revolutions
gptkbp:key_figure gptkb:Georges_Danton
gptkb:Maximilien_Robespierre
gptkb:Camille_Desmoulins
gptkbp:legacy foundation of modern democracy
gptkbp:location Bastille prison
gptkbp:participants gptkb:French_revolutionaries
gptkbp:politicalPosition discontent with the monarchy
gptkbp:relatedEvent Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Estates-General of 1789
Women's March on Versailles
Great Fear
Formation_of_the_National_Assembly
gptkbp:releaseDate 7
gptkbp:result fall_of_the_Bastille
gptkbp:significance gptkb:symbol_of_the_French_Revolution