2h 34min, oct 16, 1793 y - The execution of king and queen and beginning of rain of terror

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This is the day of the execution of Marie Antoinette the French queen and had been one of the reasons for the French bankruptcy. The execution of the French monarchs marked the beginning of the rain of terror to the other European monarchs because it showed that the people had taken absolute control and that they would begin executing anyone who stood in their way.

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