Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 11 ga Yuli, 1789, Sarki Louis, yana aiki a ƙarƙashin tasirin masu ra'ayin mazan jiya, da matarsa, Marie Antoinette, da ɗan'uwansa, Count d'Artois, sun kori ministan mai gyara Necker kuma sun sake gina ma'aikatar. Yawancin Paris, suna zaton wannan shine farkon juyin mulki na sarauta, ya koma cikin tawaye. Wasu sojoji sun shiga cikin 'yan iska; wasu kuma sun kasance da tsakatsaki. A ranar 14 ga Yuli, 1789, bayan sa'o'i huɗu na yaƙi, 'yan tawayen suka kame sansanin Bastille
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