In 1792, revolution was on the brink of destruction—until a ragtag French army stood firm at Valmy. What happened next changed European history.

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Thousands of Parisians stormed the Bastille, a medieval fortress and prison, in Paris on 1789. The Bastille symbolised the ...

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France celebrated Bastille Day on Monday, the holiday marking the 1789 storming of the Bastille prison, a pivotal moment in ...

The French Revolution was not a forebear of American government, which should be clear to any sober student of history. The French Revolution—as opposed to the American Revolution—turned from ...

The French Revolution has been considered the forerunner of violent upheavals that have ended in despotism. And yet, in the 18th century, the two revolutions appeared to have many parallels.