In January, King Louis XVI executed by guillotine

Category
Government
Place
France
Date
1793
Reference
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"Louis, aged thirty-eight, who had been imprisoned in the Temple tower with his family since the previous August, was summoned before the ruling Convention on December 11, 1792, to answer charges that he had planned to 're-erect tyranny on the ruins of liberty.'" [Furtado: 1001 Days]

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French Revolution
1789
1799
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