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 ...

This is a bronze, French 2 sols coin from 1792, which was the last year of Louis XVI's reign in France. King Louis XVI was executed by the guillotine in January 1793 after being founf guilty of ...

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.