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Apr 19, 2024 · Marie-Antoinette was guillotined in 1793 after the Revolutionary Tribunal found her guilty of crimes against the state. The royal family had been compelled to leave Versailles in 1789 and live in captivity in Paris. Popular hatred of Marie-Antoinette contributed to the monarchy’s overthrow in 1792 and to her and Louis XVI’s subsequent ...
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Louis (XVII) (born March 27, 1785, Versailles, France—died...
- Louis XV
Louis XV (born February 15, 1710, Versailles, France—died...
- Louis XVI
Louis XVI, the last king of France (1774–92) in the line of...
- Louis Xviii
Louis XVIII (born Nov. 17, 1755, Versailles, Fr.—died Sept....
- Affair of The Diamond Necklace
Affair of the Diamond Necklace, scandal at the court of...
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Apr 18, 2024 · Before his execution at age thirty-two, he played a decisive role in revolutionary politics and even governed France in 1791 through a secret correspondence with Marie-Antoinette. In the first biography for more than a century, John Hardman traces Barnave's life from his youth in Dauphiné to his role in the Constituent Assembly and his part in ...
2 days ago · The guillotine became the Reign of Terror's most infamous symbol, embodying the period's ruthlessness and the swift finality of justice it delivered. Designed as a humane method of execution, the guillotine became synonymous with the terror, executing thousands, including King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette.
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.
- 5 May 1789 – 9 November 1799, (10 years, 6 months, and 4 days)
2 days ago · Reprint of the English ed. of 1817, with a few clerical corrections and some additions--notably, a letter from the Times, Nov. 8, 1793, describing the execution of Queen Marie Antoinette. Two Classics of the French Revolution
Apr 19, 2024 · Storming of the Bastille, iconic conflict of the French Revolution. On July 14, 1789, fears that King Louis XVI was about to arrest France’s newly constituted National Assembly led a crowd of Parisians to successfully besiege the Bastille, an old fortress that had been used since 1659 as a state.
