is the English name for the French National Day, which commemorates two pivotal moments in the French Revolution.

A revolutionary mob stormed the Bastille, a medieval fortress and political prison that symbolized royal tyranny. While it only held seven prisoners at the time, its capture provided the revolutionaries with gunpowder and marked the beginning of the end for the absolute monarchy.

Officially declared a national holiday in 1880, it is celebrated with the Bastille Day Military Parade (the oldest in Europe) on the Champs-Élysées, massive fireworks at the Eiffel Tower, and public dances called "Firemen’s Balls" ( bals des pompiers ). II. The Movie: Bastille Day (2016) If you were looking for the film on MyFlixer ,