Question

Explain the events that took place in 14 july 1789?

Answer 1

The event which occurred on 14th July 1789 was the Storming of the Bastille. The Bastille is a medieval fortress, political prison and armoury located in Paris , France. The Storming took place on the afternoon of July 14th 1789. Just seven prisoners were contained in the Bastille at the time of its storming.
This marked the flash-point of the French Revolution.

Answer 2

Firstly it was 15 July 1789 not 14....

The Action of 15 July 1798 was a minor naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought off the Spanish Mediterranean coast by the Royal Navy ship of the line HMS Lion under Captain Manley Dixon and a squadron of four Spanish Navy frigates under Commodore Don Felix O'Neil. Lion was one of several ships sent into the Western Mediterranean by Vice-Admiral Earl St Vincent, commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet based at the Tagus in Portugal during the late spring of 1798. The Spanish squadron was a raiding force that had sailed from Cartagena in Murcia seven days earlier, and was intercepted while returning to its base after an unsuccessful cruise. Although together the Spanish vessels outweighed the British ship, individually they were weaker and Commodore O'Neil failed to ensure that his manoeuvrees were co-ordinated. As a result, one of the frigates, Santa Dorotea, fell out of the line of battle and was attacked by Lion.