Bastille Day is the largest regular university in Europe.
In 2009, Paris youths set fire to more than 300 cars on Bastille Day
 There were many disputes over which date to be remembered as the national holiday, including 4 August (the commemoration of the end of the feudal system), 5 May (when the Estates-General first assembled), 27 July (the fall of Robespierre), and 21 January (the date of Louis XVI's execution)

