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3 days ago · Marie Antoinette’s Arrest and Execution. In August 1792, the monarchy was officially abolished, and two months later, the royal family was imprisoned. Louis XVI was executed by guillotine on January 21, 1793. In October 1793, Marie Antoinette faced trial and was also sentenced to death; she was executed by guillotine on October 16th.
2 days ago · True to form, Louis answered mostly in monosyllables. They found him guilty (Hardman, Marie Antoinette, 295). He was allowed to see his family one more time and then he was taken away to be executed. Marie Antoinette learned she was a widow from the sound of the cannons that accompanied the fall of the guillotine blade.
2 days ago · The French Revolution [a] was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate. Many of its ideas are considered fundamental principles of liberal democracy, [1] while its values and institutions ...
- 5 May 1789 – 9 November 1799, (10 years, 6 months, and 4 days)
3 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 · The French Revolutionary Wars ( French: Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted France against Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and several other countries. The wars are divided into two periods: the War of the ...
- 20 April 1792 – 27 March 1802, (9 years, 11 months, and 5 days)
4 days ago · With the popularity of the guillotine as an execution method in France, its operators were national heroes. The Sanson family was well-known in France for serving as the state’s primary guillotine operators between 1792 and 1847. The Sanson family even dropped the blade on both King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
3 days ago · Marie Antoinette was captured and made to suffer humiliation at the hands of her captors, before she was eventually executed by guillotine in 1793. You may also like: Shutterstock
