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Plan of the attack on the Bastille
"Attack on Bastille plan" by The Inspector of the demolition of the Bastille - Bibliothèque nationale de France. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
The Early Hours of Bastille Day
"BastilleDayEarlyHours" by Unknown - Augustin Challamel, Histoire-musée de la république Française, depuis l'assemblée des notables, Paris, Delloye, 1842.. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Storming the Bastille
"Storming the bastille 4" by Unknown - Library of Congress DIGITAL ID: (color film copy slide) cph 3b51512 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b51512 (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b41648 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b41648. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
The Arrest of the Governor of the Bastille
"Arrestation du gouverneur de la Bastille-Thévenin IMG 2363" by Photograph by Rama, Wikimedia Commons, Cc-by-sa-2.0-fr. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 fr via Wikimedia Commons.
The Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789
"Charles Thévenin, The Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, ca. 1793" by Charles Thévenin - Metropolitan Museum of Art, online database: entry 90058195. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Rescue of the Count de Lorges
"Rescue of the Count de Lorges" by Anonymous, 18th century artist - Bibliothèque nationale de France. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Liberation of a manacled prisoner
"The liberation of a manacled prisoner during the taking of t Wellcome V0041873" by http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/74/3a/42cedb26f7d326eff7a0c1c99f6f.jpg Gallery: http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/V0041873.html. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
The storming of the Bastille - line engraving
"The storming of the Bastille on the 14 July 1789. Line engra Wellcome V0041874" by http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/c7/22/5dabbd72b2d0e8700b0e01f1ffbe.jpg Gallery: http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/V0041874.html. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
