oct 16, 1793 - Queen Marie Antoinette is executed by guillotine.
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Nine months after her husband died, she was guillotined. She kept telling her husband to resist reform of the monarchy and to let the people eat cake because they didn't have bread to eat. Louis wouldn't listen so they attempted an escape to Austria in 1791 but they were caught and were brought back to France.Added to timeline:
Date:
oct 16, 1793
Now
~ 231 years ago