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The trial and execution of Louis XVI placed the Jacobin faction in ascendancy in the French revolutionary government. It helped discredit the revolution among both moderates and conservatives in France and stiffened resistance to the revolution abroad. Summary of Event The execution of Louis XVI was a personal as well as national tragedy. A decent, […]
Jan 21, 2022 · January 21, 1793. During the French Revolution, the King of France, King Louis XVI, is executed on the guillotine. This episode of History Daily has been archived, but you can still listen to it as a subscriber to Into History, Noiser+, Wondery+, or as a Prime Member with the Amazon Music app. Show Notes. Transcript. January 21, 1793.
The Execution of Louis XVI. Creator. Isidore-Stanislas Helman (engraver) Antoine-Jean Duclos (engraver) Charles Monnet (designer) Source. Bibliothèque Nationale de ...
May 26, 2019 · Includes the September Massacres and the Girondins-Montagnards split.
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Nov 9, 2009 · On July 14, 1789, a group of Parisian revolutionaries seized the Bastille prison in a dramatic act of protest against King Louis XVI. The storming of the Bastille was the symbolic start of the ...
Louis arose at five. At eight o'clock a guard of 1,200 horsemen arrived to escort the former king on a two-hour carriage ride to his place of execution. Accompanying Louis, at his invitation, was a priest, Henry Essex Edgeworth, an Englishman living in France. Edgeworth recorded the event and we join his narrative as he and the fated King enter ...
Oct 14, 2020 · Today, on the anniversary of King Louis XVI's execution in 1793, we spotlight some facts about him and his wife Marie Antoinette that may help to add a human dimension to our understanding of ...
