Known as Bastille Day, and celebrated every July 14th, when did France gain its independence?

Called "La Fête Nationale" in French, July 14th is the country's national day, commemorating their independence from the monarchy. It was then, in 1789, that revolutionaries stormed the Parisian prison fortress, the Bastille – a symbol of the absolute monarchy.

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