The Storming of the Bastille (French: Prise de la Bastille [pʁiz də la bastij]) occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789, when revolutionary insurgents attempted to storm and seize control of the medieval armoury, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille.

Oct 19, 2016 · In 1789, the radical journalist Jean-Paul Marat wrote that “it was without a doubt the happiest development, when citizens took up arms to recover their freedom.”

May 2, 2022 · The Storming of the Bastille was when a mob of angry French citizens and rebellious soldiers attacked the Bastille on 14 July 1789. The fortress capitulated after the revolutionaries aimed cannons at its gate.

During the wars of the Revolution and the Empire, the French army and navy used both weapons of supply, manufactured on French territory, and those taken from the enemy during battles or surrenders. We'll only deal here with the first category.

Napoleon was very familiar with guns. He graduated as an artillerist officer in 1785. In 1791 Napoleon entered the II Battalion of 4th Regiment of Foot Artillery as a lieutenant. He …

On the morning of July 14, 1789, hundreds of Parisians stormed the Bastille, a state prison, seizing 250 barrels of gunpowder and freeing its prisoners. The storming of the Bastille was a …

The Revolution of 1789 and the subsequent rise of Napoleon, first as consul (1799–1804) and then as emperor (1804–14), brought about a dramatic change in the design and decoration of French firearms.

The musket Modèle 1777, and later Modèle 1777 corrigé en l'an IX (Model 1777 corrected in the year IX, or 1800 in the French Revolutionary Calendar) was one of the most widespread weapons on the European continent.

Jean-Baptiste de Gribeauval, the general who so aptly reformed French artillery died on 5th May 1789. He left a branch of service well prepared for its duties and at the top of technological …

Thanks to the Industrial Revolution and interchangeable parts, guns evolved from clumsy and inaccurate muskets to lethally precise rifles between the years 1789 and 1864. In addition, the revolver and machine gun introduced weapons that could fire numerous shots in a single round.