Execution of Louis XVI
On January 21st, 1793, at 10:22 am Louis XVI was executed at Place de la Concorde after being imprisoned for 161 days. At the time of his execution he had already been stripped of all of his titles and honors, and was referred to as citizen Louis Capet.
Source: Le Nabour, Éric (1988). Louis XVI – le pouvoir et la fatalité. Paris: JC Lattès
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