Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, with the same apparatus used to execute common criminals ...

Welcome to January 21st, a date that has witnessed remarkable events across the globe. Before we delve deeper into more ...

In 1793, a demonstration was held in downtown Paris in memory of Louis XVI, who was executed by the guillotine during the ...

The nobility refused to pay more taxes, and the peasants simply couldn't. Even the opulent King Louis XVI, fonder of hunting and locksmithing than governing, recognized that a crisis loomed.

In the late 1700s, the King of France, Louis XVI, ruled with absolute power over ... Louis was put on trial for treason. As to the result, there was never any doubt. On January 21st 1793, at ...