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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Fête de la Fédération | | | |  Fête de la Fédération: Encyclopedia II - Bastille - DemolitionThe propaganda value of the Bastille was quickly seized upon, notably by the showy entrepreneur Pierre-François Palloy, "Patriote Palloy." The fate of the Bastille was uncertain, but Palloy was quick to establish a claim, organising a force of 500 demolition men around the site on the 15th. Over the next few days many notables visited the Bastille and it seemed to be turning into a memorial. But Palloy secured a license for demolition from the Permanent Committee at the Hôtel de V ...
See also:Bastille, Bastille - Early history, Bastille - Storming, Bastille - Historical assessment, Bastille - Famous prisoners, Bastille - Demolition, Bastille - The area today Read more here: » Bastille: Encyclopedia II - Bastille - Demolition |
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| | | | | Fête de la Fédération: Encyclopedia II - Storming of the Bastille - Necker's dismissal On July 11, 1789, with troops at Versailles, Sèvres, the Champ de Mars, and Saint-Denis, the king, acting under the influence of the conservative nobles of his privy council, banished his finance minister, Jacques Necker, who had been sympathetic to the Third Estate, and completely reconstructed the ministry. The marshal Victor-François, duc de Broglie, la Galissonnière, the duc de la Vauguyon, the Baron Louis de Breteuil, and the intendant Foulon, took over the posts of Puységur, Armand ...
See also:Storming of the Bastille, Storming of the Bastille - Background, Storming of the Bastille - Necker's dismissal, Storming of the Bastille - Armed conflict, Storming of the Bastille - The Bastille is stormed, Storming of the Bastille - Aftermath, Storming of the Bastille - Fiction Read more here: » Storming of the Bastille: Encyclopedia II - Storming of the Bastille - Necker's dismissal |
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| | | | | | Fête de la Fédération: Encyclopedia II - Storming of the Bastille - Armed conflict A growing crowd, brandishing busts of Necker and of the duke of Orleans, passed through the streets to the Place Vendôme, where they put a detachment of the Royal-allemand (the king's German soldiers) to flight by a shower of stones. At the Place Louis XV, the dragoons of the prince de Lambesc shot the bearer of one of the busts; a soldier was also killed. Lambesc and his soldiers ran rampant, att ...
See also:Storming of the Bastille, Storming of the Bastille - Background, Storming of the Bastille - Necker's dismissal, Storming of the Bastille - Armed conflict, Storming of the Bastille - The Bastille is stormed, Storming of the Bastille - Aftermath, Storming of the Bastille - Fiction Read more here: » Storming of the Bastille: Encyclopedia II - Storming of the Bastille - Armed conflict |
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| | | | | Fête de la Fédération: Encyclopedia II - Fête de la Fédération - Reaction in foreign countries In Germany and Italy, the French Revolution was rather well considered by urban bourgeoisie, impregnated with the ideas of the Lumières (Voltaire,Rousseau, Montesquieu, D'Alembert, ...). Also, democratic revolutions had already won in England, in the USA and in Holland, while at the same time, Austria was deeply reformed by Emperor Joseph II, an "enlightened despot".
In England, the movement was well welcomed by Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger (possibly because it was weakening his hereditary foe). His opponent, Liberal Charles Fox said before the Parliament of West ...
See also:Fête de la Fédération, Fête de la Fédération - The Fête de la Fédération, Fête de la Fédération - Preparation of the feast: the Journée des brouettes, Fête de la Fédération - Official Celebration, Fête de la Fédération - Popular feast, Fête de la Fédération - Reaction in foreign countries, Fête de la Fédération - Trivia Read more here: » Fête de la Fédération: Encyclopedia II - Fête de la Fédération - Reaction in foreign countries |
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