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Guillotine in 1792
- He was executed by guillotine in 1792 when revolutionary radicals took control of the French government.
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After his father (King Louis XVI) was executed, the Dauphin was held in prison in Paris. This was because the revolutionaries viewed his existence as a threat to the republic. He became sick while in prison and died in 1795.
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On January 21, 1793, King Louis XVI was executed. Later that year, the French government announced a time of "Terror", when anyone against the revolution would be executed. Not long after the Reign of Terror began, Marie Antoinette was brought to trial.
Louis XVI, former King of France since the abolition of the monarchy, was publicly executed on 21 January 1793 during the French Revolution at the Place de la Révolution in Paris. At his trial four days prior, the National Convention had convicted the former king of high treason in a near-unanimous vote; while no one voted "not guilty ...
Feb 9, 2010 · The next January, Louis was convicted and condemned to death by a narrow majority. On January 21, he walked steadfastly to the guillotine and was executed. Nine months later, Marie Antoinette was...
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Oct 5, 2022 · The trial and execution of King Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792) was one of the most impactful events of the French Revolution (1789-99). In December 1792, the former king, now referred to as Citizen Louis Capet, was tried and found guilty of numerous crimes that amounted to high treason, and he was sentenced to death by guillotine.
- King Louis XVI of France was put on trial by the French National Convention for numerous crimes that he had committed since the start of the French...
- During the French Revolution, the Mountain was an extremist political group that emerged in opposition to the Girondins. Although itself split into...
- The trial of Louis XVI of France (or Citizen Louis Capet as he was then called) lasted from 11 December 1792, when he was indicted, to 17 January 1...
- King Louis XVI of France was executed on the Place de la Revolution (modern Place de la Concorde) in Paris around 10 am on 21 January 1793.
1793. January 21 - King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine. March 7 - Civil war breaks out in the Vendee area of France between revolutionaries and royalists. April 6 - The Committee of Public Safety is formed. It will rule France during the Reign of Terror. July 13 - Radical journalist Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated by Charlotte Corday.
By. Elizabeth Bond. On the cold, foggy morning of January 21, 1793—225 years ago—French King Louis XVI made the hour and a half journey through the city of Paris from the Temple, the fortified medieval monastery where he was imprisoned, to the Place de la Révolution, where the scaffold for his execution was assembled.
