On the afternoon of July 14, 1789, a rebelling rabble laid siege to France's most hated fortress: the Bastille. Freeing the few remaining political prisoners, the mob began, stone by stone, ...

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November 1, 2025, unfortunately, marked the end of operations for YT Industries USA. In July, YT Germany announced it would be entering self-administration, but stressed that the US operations would ...

Most people think of revolution as a violent overturning of political institutions. Parisians storming the Bastille on July 14, 1789, became a model of popular action later adopted, in 1917, by the ...

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The French Revolution is often considered to be one of the most significant events not only in the history of France and Europe, but also in the world. This revolution is known also as the Revolution ...

For centuries, historians have debated whether the “Great Fear” panic in the early days of the French Revolution was driven by the mass hysteria of ignorant peasants or a rational response to the ...

The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, depicted here, sparked the French Revolution. As word of dissatisfaction and revolution spread throughout the country, poor economic conditions and other ...

The assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University marks another grim milestone in America’s escalating cycle of political violence. From the attempts on Donald Trump’s life to the ...

Severe volcanic eruptions and changes in the activity of the sun may have set the scene for some of the world’s most famous rebellions, including the French Revolution. It has long been known that ...

The Great Fear was based on an unfounded rumor. That didn't matter when it came to real world consequences. Credit: Fine Art Images / Heritage Images / Getty Images ...