A word of advice to the ruling class: don’t piss people off too much, or they’ll form a mob and overthrow you in a revolution. That’s what happened in Paris on July 14th, 1789. Tired of being suppressed by the First Estate of the Clergy and the Second Estate of nobility, the Third Estate (the people) regrouped and formed the National Assembly with a vision to take a stand against the king and his cronies.

Their first target? The 30-metre high state prison known as the Bastille. Although it only held seven prisoners at the time, the Storming of the Bastille sent a strong message to the King and is now celebrated as the defining moment of the French Revolution.