PARIS (Reuters) -A fire broke out at the Palace of Versailles ... was the main royal residence until the French Revolution and the overthrow of the monarchy in 1789. "Firefighters came.

Welcome to January 21st, a date that has witnessed remarkable events across the globe. Before we delve deeper into more ...

The last time the cathedral suffered major damage was during the French Revolution, when statues of ... the shock of a "whole nation" at the fire. As Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said, Notre Dame ...

but the French Revolution was lead by the bourgeoisie from the start. In May 1789, King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates-General, to try and find a solution to France’s financial problems.

The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...