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Apr 16, 2024 · The execution of Louis XVI in 1793. Despite the last-minute efforts of the Girondins to save him, Citizen Capet, as he was then called, was found guilty by the National Convention and condemned to death on January 18, 1793, by 387 votes (including 26 in favour of a debate on the possibility of postponing execution) to 334 (including 13 for a ...
Louis was tried by the National Convention (self-instituted as a tribunal for the occasion), found guilty of high treason and executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793. Louis XVI was the only king of France ever to be executed, and his death brought an end to more than a thousand years of continuous French monarchy.
Apr 2, 2014 · On May 10, 1774, Louis Auguste became Louis XVI upon the death of his grandfather, Louis XV. Only 20 years old at the time, Louis XVI was immature and lacked self-confidence.
"Day of 21 January 1793 the death of Louis Capet on the Place de la Révolution " – French engraving (1794). 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.
Sep 5, 2022 · An indecisive king, his attempts to navigate France through the crises of the 1780s failed, leading to the Revolution, the destruction of the monarchy, and his death by guillotine on 21 January 1793.
- Louis XVI (1754-1793) was the last king of France before the French Revolution (1789-99), which abolished the monarchy. He opposed most of the Revo...
- In the early part of Louis XVI's reign, he involved France in the American Revolution, restored civil rights to French Protestants, and commissione...
- Louis XVI became alienated from his people by his indecisiveness, inability to deal with France's crises, and defense of Marie Antoinette. He const...
- Louis XVI was tried for high treason in December 1792 by the French National Convention. He was convicted of conspiring with foreign powers and gui...
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Feb 9, 2010 · 1793. King Louis XVI executed. One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by...
Oct 5, 2022 · When was the trial of Louis XVI? 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 1793, when the sentence of execution was rendered. When and where was Louis XVI executed?
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