The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...

This event marked the beginning of the French Revolution and influenced how the country would be shaped. The fall of the ...

It might have the image of being a mighty revolt from the French commoners against the monarchy, but the French Revolution was ... than the storming of the Bastille, are the events of 5 October ...

George Washington, commander of Continental Army These are times of madness, self-deceit, oligarchy and rapine.

commemorates the storming of the Bastille and the beginning of the French Revolution. Celebrated on July 14th each year, cities around the world join in the festivities. But none outside France ...

It was found when the Bastille prison was stormed during the French Revolution. Paris' Orsay museum has devoted an exhibition to de Sade to show his influence on great artists throughout history ...

Born in 1879, Periyar is remembered for the Self Respect Movement to redeem the identity and self-respect of Tamils. He envisaged a Dravida homeland of Dravida Nadu, and launched a political party, ...

In a one-man show, Maxime d'Aboville brings the French Revolution to life using the great texts of French literature, from ...

Travel back in time to late 18th century France and follow the development of the French Revolution. What were the underlying causes for the revolution? What was the Reign of Terror? Who was ...

Get ready to plunge into French history! Maxime d'Aboville, in a one-man show, tells the story of the French Revolution at ...

The reelection of Donald Trump would mark the end of George Washington’s vision for the presidency—and the United States.

(Patrick T. Fallon/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images) “Anatomy of a Fall,” a French legal drama about a wife under suspicion for her husband’s death that also featured—of all things—a ...