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jan 5, 1757 - Last Draw/Quarter Execution in France

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Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.

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jan 5, 1757
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~ 269 years ago