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Description Acceptable. One perpetrator of this event, Stanislas Maillard (“MY-yar”), later participated in the (-5[1])October Days. Astronomer Jean Sylvain Bailly became mayor (-5[1])following this event, (15[1])whose perpetrators paraded around the city with Governor de Launay’s (15[1])severed head on a pike. (15[5])This event was partially (15[1])caused by the dismissal of finance minister (*) Jacques (10[1])Necker. Although causing (10[1])an immense amount of damage, this July 14th event freed a mere seven prisoners. For 10 points, name this 1789 event in which revolutionaries seized control of a Parisian (10[1])fortress at the start of the French Revolution. ■END■

ANSWER: storming of the Bastille [accept any answers indicating the attack, raid, etc. of the Bastille fortress]
<History - European History>
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