In 1793, the execution of Louis XVI marked the end of French monarchy
The fall of the French monarchy reached a point of no return when King Louis XVI faced the guillotine in front of a silent, watching crowd in central Paris.
On January 21, 1793, the deposed King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine at the Place de la Revolution. Found guilty of high treason by the National Convention, his death marked the definitive end of the thousand-year-old French monarchy.
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