oct 16, 1793 - Marie Antoinette executed — 10/16/1793
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Marie Antoinette was executed because the revolutionaries saw her as a symbol of everything they hated about the old monarchy — wealth, privilege, and indifference to the people’s suffering.By 1793, France was at war, the economy was collapsing, and people blamed her for many of the country’s problems
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oct 16, 1793
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~ 232 years ago