France celebrates Bastille Day as its national holiday on which date?

Bastille Day (Fête Nationale Française) is celebrated on July 14th to commemorate the Storming of the Bastille in 1789, a pivotal event in the French Revolution. The fortress-prison of Bastille was stormed by revolutionaries on July 14, 1789, marking the beginning of the end of the French monarchy. It became France's national holiday in 1880, nearly a century after the event. This date is significant in European history as a symbol of the rise of democracy and popular sovereignty.