Event that symbolically marked the beginning of the French revolution was the

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Event that symbolically marked the beginning of the French revolution was the

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The storming of the Bastille on 14th of July, 1789, is usually taken to be the day on which the French Revolution began. The significance of the event, however, is more symbolic. than anything else. The Bastille was a grim fortress-like prison, which came to symbolize in the minds of many of the evils of royal tyranny.