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Tag: Louis XVI

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21st January 1793: Louis XVI executed for high treason

21st January 2019
Tagged as: France, French Revolution, Guillotine, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Monarchy, Paris, Republic

On the 21^st January 1793, former French King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine at the Place de la Revolution in Paris.

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14th July 1789: Storming of the Bastille

14th July 2018
Tagged as: France, French Revolution, Louis XVI, Revolution, Versailles

The morning of the 14^th July 1789 saw the beginning of the French Revolution when Parisian revolutionaries stormed the Bastille, a large fortress, prison and ammunition store that symbolised everything that was wrong with the monarchy.

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21st June 1791: Louis XVI’s attempts to escape from Paris in the Flight to Varennes

21st June 2018
Tagged as: Austria, Flight to Varennes, French Revolution, Holy Roman Empire, Louis XVI, Revolution, Treason

King Louis XVI of France and his family were caught attempting to escape Paris during the Flight to Varennes.

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6th February 1778: France and the US sign the first treaties that recognise American independence

6th February 2018
Tagged as: Alliance, America, American Revolution, American War of Independence, Benjamin Franklin, Britain, Diplomacy, Economy, France, Louis XVI, Trade

France and the United States signed the first two treaties ever negotiated by the American government, and which formally recognised the independence of the United States.