Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, with the same apparatus used to execute common criminals Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The execution of ...

The golden timepiece made for the French queen is still the peak of high horology, and it’s now on show in London ...

The execution begins at 10:00 on the Place de la Révolution. The executioner Charles Henri Sanson later recounted the last minutes of Louis XVI. After the king was placed on the podium with the ...

Your device does not support the audio. Welcome to January 21st, a date that has witnessed remarkable events across the globe. Before we delve deeper into more historical events, let’s rewind to ...

These events shaped this week in world history.

Before we delve deeper into more historical events, let’s rewind to January 21, 1793, when King Louis XVI of France was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution. This event signaled the ...

As we celebrate the Bard this weekend, our Writer at Large talks to the Scottish academic who has written the definitive account of the ...

Execution of Louis XVI (French Revolution), wood engraving ... 1793 Two days later the queen was convicted of high treason and executed by guillotine. 18th Century French history. Illustration ...

The Execution Of King Louis XVI An engraved illustration showing the execution by guillotine of King Louis XVI during the French Revolution from a Victorian book dated 1883 that is no longer in ...

Also on this date: In 1793, during the French Revolution, King Louis XVI, condemned for treason, was executed by guillotine. In 1915, the first Kiwanis Club, dedicated to community service, was ...

In 1793, during the French Revolution, King Louis XVI, condemned for treason, was executed by guillotine. In 1885, Lead Belly — a Black folk-blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose ability ...