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Bastille Day

French National Day
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Bastille Day
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Summary

Bastille Day is a national day[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of national day entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,141 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: France[3]
  • Commons category: Bastille Day, France[4]
  • Commemorates: Storming of the Bastille[5]
  • Inception: January 1, 1880[6]
  • Day in year for periodic occurrence: July 14[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bastille Day[8]
  • Native label: Fête nationale française[9]
  • Hashtag: 14juillet[10], 14juillet2016[11]

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Outcome and Impact

Things named for Bastille Day include Bastille[12], a musical group[13], founded in 2010[14].

Why It Matters

Bastille Day has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Entities named for it include Bastille[12], a musical group[13], founded in 2010[14].

Related Entities

France

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → bastille-day
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: bastille-day, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289911347|bastille day (#289911347)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → France
    Instance of → —
    Inception → +1880-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Inception → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007284774905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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