The execution of Louis XVI on January 21 ... “The death of the king thus invested the guillotine with a solemnity and grandeur commensurate with its function as the instrument of the people ...

King Louis XVI’s Death and Final Speech “Viva La ... after his monarch was overthrown and he was about to meet his death by guillotine. As he was strapped down on a guillotine bench (bascule ...

Louis XVI, the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French revolution, was executed on Jan. 21, 1793, as citizen Louis Capet, having been stripped of his titles and honors.

During his time as King, Louis XVI was met with hostility from the ... On January 21, 1793, Louis was sent to the guillotine - an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by ...

While King Louis XVI remained the nominal head of state ... On January 21, 1793, Louis XVI was marched to the guillotine. His severed head was paraded for the gathered thousands and met with ...

During the French Revolution, the glamorous queen was guillotined alongside her husband, King Louis XVI ... Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI were publicly executed by guillotine.

A well-dressed plumpish man, who bore a striking resemblance to France’s late, great King Louis XVI, was a determined auction bidder in Paris last week for a dull, tarnished guillotine blade ...

The statue of King Louis XVI was a gift from Louisville's sister ... King Louis was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution in 1793.