Bastille Day

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Bastille Day

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The French national holiday celebrated on 14 July each year. It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the Fête de la Fédération was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern French "nation".

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name French national holiday

中文	巴士底日 Bāshìdǐ Rì
Français	Fête Nationale
Русский	День Взятия Бастилии Denʹ Vzjatija Bastilii

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@misc{bastille_day_2026,
  title = {Bastille Day},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bastille%20day},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}