Today in History: Bastille Day & the French Revolution
Today in History–July 14–TPS-Barat Primary Source Nexus features Bastille Day, which commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille in Paris, France on July 14, 1789. This action marked the beginning of the French Revolution. Find out more about these events by investigating a variety of primary and secondary sources linked to below.
News from France following the storming of Bastille, including the King’s Speech of July 16 Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 30 Sept. 1789
U.S. historical newspaper coverage of Bastille Day
Fete nationale de la France. 1789 – 14 Juillet – 1881 Grande fete Champetre! broadside
U.S. legislation commemorating Bastille Day
La Prise de la Bastille 1893 book
“Bastille Day” Is About More Than the Bastille In Custodia Legis July 14, 2020
Opera Goes to the Bastille In the Muse blog July 14, 2011
Touring French History through Political Cartoons Picture This blog July 14, 2014
Sheet music related to the French Revolution
U.S. historical newspaper coverage relating to the French Revolution 1789-1800
Books about the French Revolution
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (George Mason University) and American Social History Project (City University of New York)
French Revolution Digital Archive Stanford University Libraries and the Bibliothèque nationale de France
The United States and the French Revolution, 1789–1799 U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian
Thomas Jefferson during the French Revolution online exhibition
The Bicycle and the Bastille In the Muse July 14, 2010
World Spotlight: France primary & secondary sources