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  2. 2 days ago · In mid-October, Marie Antoinette was convicted of a long list of crimes, and guillotined; two weeks later, the Girondist leaders arrested in June were also executed, along with Philippe Égalité. The "Terror" was not confined to Paris, with over 2,000 killed in Lyons after its recapture.

  3. 5 days ago · Marie Antoinette’s execution symbolized the definitive end of the French monarchy. It was not merely the death of a queen but the collapse of a centuries-old system. Her life and death offer a poignant illustration of the volatile intersection of personal destiny and historical upheaval.

  4. 3 days ago · Many monarchs and other royals have met violent deaths – on the battlefield, by execution after revolution or their coup, and by assassinations at the hands of terrorists or madmen. Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette were sent to the guillotine in 1793, and the Romanov royal family was massacred by the Bolsheviks in 1918.

  5. 4 days ago · This site is a collaboration of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (George Mason University) and American Social History Project (City University of New York), supported by grants from the Florence Gould Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

  6. 6 days ago · Many names abound in the following acts, whether they’re in them or not, that are not fictional. Necessary to know is that the king Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette were both executed in 1793. What followed was known as the Reign of Terror, from September 5, 1793 to July 27, 1794. Acts II, III, and IV take place near the end of that ...

  7. 5 days ago · By all this, the deplorable State to which the Protestant Religion is reduced is apparent, since the Affairs of the Church of England are now put into the Hands of Persons, who have accepted of a Commission that is manifestly illegal, and who have executed it contrary to all Law; and that now One of their chief Members has abjured the ...

  8. 5 days ago · Definitions of Marie Antoinette. noun. queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular; her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793) see more.

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