oct 16, 1793 - Antoinette beheaded
Antoinette was beheaded on October 16, 1793 ( just 9 months after her husband )
During an economic turmoil in France, she lived extravagantly and encouraged her husband to not reform the monarchy
When she was told that the French peasantry had no bread to eat, she allegedly responded with , “Let them eat cake”
She and her husband attempted to escape to Austria in 1791, but were captured by revolutionary forces and taken back to Paris
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