Execution of Louis XVI

On January 21, 1793, after being found guilty of conspiring with foreign powers. King Louis XVI was sentenced to death by the French National Convention. The death penalty was executed by guillotine at the Place de la Revolution in Paris

Etats-Généraux Meeting

Louis XVI became King of France in 1774 and from the beginning his reign was judged incapable of handling the financial problems of the kingdom inherited by his grandfather Louis XV. In 1789 as a last-ditch attempt to overcome critical royal finances, Louis made States General, and the National Assembly representing the Etats-Généraux (people's representatives of various factions) consisting of three French factions, the Nobles, Priests, and Ordinary People.

Storming of the Bastille

The three groups then expressed their voices in the National Assembly that sparked the French Revolution on July 14, 1789. The people then stormed the Bastille Prison which they regarded as a warehouse of armaments and ammunition.

The execution of Louis XVI

In August 1792, the royal couple was arrested by sans-cullottes and imprisoned, and in September the monarchy was abolished by the National Convention (which had replaced the National Assembly). In November, evidence of counter-intrigue Louis XVI with Austria and other foreign countries was discovered, and he was tried for treason by the National Convention.

Then on January 21, 1793, Louis was sentenced to death, he walked to the guillotine and beheaded, Nine months later Marie Antoinett following a death sentence with guillotine on October 16, 1793. They were both charged with treason charges.