Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Louis XIV akashandisa Bastille sejeri renhengo dzepamusoro-soro dzenzanga yeFrance idzo dzakanga dzamupikisa kana kumutsamwisa kubatanidza, pashure pokubviswa kweChirevo cheNantes, maPurotesitendi eFrance. Kubva muna 1659 zvichienda mberi, Bastille yakashanda zvikurukuru sejeri rehurumende; pakazosvika 1789, vasungwa 5.279 vakanga vapfuura nepamagedhi aro. Pasi paLouis XV naXVI, Bastille yakashandiswa kuchengeta vasungwa vaibva mumamiriro ezvinhu akasiyana-siyana, uye kutsigira mabasa emapurisa eParis, zvikurukuru mukumanikidza kudzvinyirira kwehurumende kwezvinobudisa nhau. Kunyange zvazvo vasungwa vaichengetwa mumamiriro ezvinhu akanaka, kutsoropodzwa kweBastille kwakawedzera muzana remakore rechi18, kuchikurudzirwa nemabhuku akanyorwa nevaive vasungwa. Kugadziridza kwakaitwa uye nhamba yevasungwa yakaderedzwa zvikuru. Muna 1789, dambudziko remari rehurumende youmambo uye kuumbwa kweNational Assembly zvakaita kuti vagari vomumaguta vawedzere kuva nemafungiro erusununguko. Musi waJuly 14, Bastille yakapinda nechisimba neboka revanhu vaipandukira, zvikurukuru vagari vomuguta reSaint-Antoine avo vaida kutora pfuti inokosha yaichengetwa mukati merusvingo. Vasungwa vanomwe vakanga vasara vakawanikwa ndokusunungurwa uye gavhuna weBastille, Bernard-René de Launay, akaurayiwa neboka racho. Bastille yakaparadzwa nokurayira kweDare reHôtel de Ville. Zviyeuchidzo zveimba yacho yakasimba zvaitakurirwa muFrance yose uye zvairatidzwa sezviratidzo zvokuparadzwa kwoudzvinyiriri. Muzana remakore rakatevera, nzvimbo nenhaka yenhoroondo yeBastille zvakaratidzwa zvakajeka mukushanduka kweFrance
, kuratidzira kwezvematongerwe enyika uye kufungidzira kwakakurumbira, uye yakaramba iri chiratidzo chakakosha chesangano reFrench Republican.