Which Paris summit coincided with the 1989 Bastille Day bicentennial?

The 15th G7 summit in Paris coincided with the 1989 Bastille Day bicentennial.

Held from 14 to 16 July 1989, the summit brought together leaders from Canada, France, West Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, along with the president of the European Commission. It took place at La Défense, Paris’s major business district, with meetings held in the newly completed Grande Arche.

The timing connected an international economic meeting with France’s celebration of the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. The leaders attended bicentennial events on 14 July, including the national parade, and a state dinner was held beneath the recently opened Louvre Pyramid.

The event is sometimes called the “Summit of the Arch,” because the Grande Arche was its venue and a major symbol of Mitterrand’s monumental building program. It was the 15th meeting of the G7, not a G20, APEC, or NATO summit.