1793, is one of the French Revolution’s most iconic moments. That morning, the French king made his last procession to the Place de la Révolution. An hour-and-a-half-long coach journey through ...

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By the end of 1793, this Corsican patriot had emerged ... Napoleon grew interested in and supported republican ideals as the French Revolution unfolded. But at this stage, Napoleon saw the French ...

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1793: Louis VXI of France is executed by guillotine during the French Revolution. I had quit smoking when I moved to Springfield, Ill., for grad school. I can’t remember for how long at that ...

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21 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1793, French King Louis XVI was executed ... In 1924, Vladimir Lenin, architect of the Bolshevik Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union, died ...

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Your device does not support the audio. Welcome to January 21st, a date that has witnessed remarkable events across the globe. Before we delve deeper into more historical events, let’s rewind to ...

Louis XVI, the last Bourbon king of France was executed by guillotine in Paris during the French Revolution in 1793. Swiss Guards first arrived at the Vatican as the watchman for the pope in 1506.