Tag: Regicide

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21st January 1793: Former French King Louis XVI executed by guillotine at the Place de la Revolution in Paris

21st January 2022
Tagged as: Execution, France, French Revolution, Guillotine, Louis XVI, Politics, Regicide, Revolution

The blade fell at 10.22am, after which it is reported that a number of members of the public rushed forward to dip their handkerchiefs in Louis’ blood.

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30th January 1649: Charles I beheaded at Banqueting House

30th January 2020
Tagged as: Charles I, Civil War, England, English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell, Regicide

On the 30^th January 1649 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland was executed outside the Banqueting House in London.

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5th November 1605: Guy Fawkes discovered during Gunpowder Plot

5th November 2019
Tagged as: Assassination, Britain, Catholicism, Church of England, England, Gunpowder, House of Lords, James I and VI, Politics, Protestantism, Regicide, Religion, Scotland

On the 5^th November 1605, the Gunpowder Plot was foiled when Guy or Guido Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder that had been placed in an undercroft below the House of Lords in London.