Execution of Louis XVI

Name: Execution of Louis XVI
Start: 1793
Location: Paris

1793 · Paris · Europe · Politics

The Convention sends the king to the guillotine

Execution of Louis XVI — Wikimedia Commons

On 21 January 1793 the former king, convicted of treason by the National Convention, was guillotined on the Place de la Révolution, today's Place de la Concorde. The execution shocked monarchical Europe, and Britain, the Dutch Republic and Spain were soon at war with France.

State: French First Republic, French First Republic

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