HISTORY - On #ThisDayInHistory in 1789, French revolutionists storm the Bastille. The governor of the Bastille, Bernard-René de Launay, watched in dread as the large and growing mob of angry revolutionists surrounded
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![Arrestation de Mr. de Launay, gouverneur de la Bastille, le 14 Juillet 1789 / Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp. | Library of Congress Arrestation de Mr. de Launay, gouverneur de la Bastille, le 14 Juillet 1789 / Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp. | Library of Congress](http://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cph/3a10000/3a16000/3a16000/3a16015r.jpg)
Arrestation de Mr. de Launay, gouverneur de la Bastille, le 14 Juillet 1789 / Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp. | Library of Congress
![Death of De Launay governor of the Bastille at the hands of a mob in the French Revolution 1789. Hand-colored woodcut Stock Photo - Alamy Death of De Launay governor of the Bastille at the hands of a mob in the French Revolution 1789. Hand-colored woodcut Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/AEXT3A/death-of-de-launay-governor-of-the-bastille-at-the-hands-of-a-mob-AEXT3A.jpg)
Death of De Launay governor of the Bastille at the hands of a mob in the French Revolution 1789. Hand-colored woodcut Stock Photo - Alamy
![Revolutionary mob carrying on pikes the heads of the Marquis de Launay, Governor of the Bastille, and Jacques de Flesselles, a Paris City Hall official. Both were killed and decapitated on July Revolutionary mob carrying on pikes the heads of the Marquis de Launay, Governor of the Bastille, and Jacques de Flesselles, a Paris City Hall official. Both were killed and decapitated on July](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2J5R2HG/revolutionary-mob-carrying-on-pikes-the-heads-of-the-marquis-de-launay-governor-of-the-bastille-and-jacques-de-flesselles-a-paris-city-hall-official-both-were-killed-and-decapitated-on-july-14-1789-after-the-bastille-was-taken-after-a-contemporary-work-bernard-ren-jourdan-marquis-de-launay-1740-1789-jacques-de-flesselles-1730-1789-2J5R2HG.jpg)
Revolutionary mob carrying on pikes the heads of the Marquis de Launay, Governor of the Bastille, and Jacques de Flesselles, a Paris City Hall official. Both were killed and decapitated on July
![Storming of the Bastille and arrest of the Governor M. de Launay, July 14, 1789. (Illustration) - World History Encyclopedia Storming of the Bastille and arrest of the Governor M. de Launay, July 14, 1789. (Illustration) - World History Encyclopedia](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15734.jpg?v=1651007048)