Most of them probably didn't notice because of all that was going on during revolution. Would it have affected you?
The year of 1789 was the beginning of the French Revolution. There was a famine and rioters stormed the prison called the Bastille. The revolution led to the execution of French King Louis 14th and Queen Marie Antoinette. It was a bloody revolution and people of the noble stature were targets for execution. Eventually one of the famous revolutionaries, Robespierre was also executed.
Yes, it was Louis XVI.
The French king under the French revolution was King Louis XVI. The Queen was Marie-Antoinette. They were both executed using the guillotine.
Yes the Louis was a coin. It was created by Louis XIII in 1640 in golden and silver version. The golden Louis was also called écu d'or (golden ecu). This currency had been used until the French revolution. After the revolution some coins (franc germinal or The Napoléon) were still wrongly called Louis.
Louis XVI was an inept and indecisive French King who lost his office and his head during the French Revolution.
No. The revolution had already begun with the storming of the Bastille at 14 July 1789 and the Tennis Court Oath that same year. Louis' death did mark the beginning of "the Terror", an extremely bloody and murderous period during the French revolution.
No, the French Revolution was during the reign of Louis XVI.
He was a threat to the Revolution as long as he was alive.
The Declaration of Pillnitz had warned France of "dire consequences" if anything should happen to Louis XVI. France in Revolution considered that to be a threat and declared War on Austria. Then they sent Louis XVI to the guillotine believing that a dead Monarch was less of a threat.
Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in 1793 during the French Revolution for treason against the state. He was accused of conspiring with foreign powers and counter-revolutionary factions to overthrow the French Republic and restore the monarchy. His execution marked the end of the Bourbon monarchy in France.
the execution of Louis XVI
The year of 1789 was the beginning of the French Revolution. There was a famine and rioters stormed the prison called the Bastille. The revolution led to the execution of French King Louis 14th and Queen Marie Antoinette. It was a bloody revolution and people of the noble stature were targets for execution. Eventually one of the famous revolutionaries, Robespierre was also executed.
Louis XVI became a victim of the guillotine during the French Revolution.
The execution of Louis XVI by means of the guillotine took place on 21 January 1793 at the Place de la Révolution ("Revolution Square", formerly Place Louis XV, and renamed Place de la Concorde in 1795) in Paris. It was a major event of the French Revolution.
He was the only French King to be executed.
It was not a well accepted outcome and many resolved to end the French Revolution and to restore the Monarchy to its rightful seat of power.
Otherwise he would have shat his pants