jan 21, 1793 - Execution of King Louis XVI

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King Louis of Versailles was a young king with ideas of changing the social classes, but when he became even slightly unpopular among the higher classes he decided to just do what his advisors told him to, this led to the Third Estate revolting against the system. King Louis XVI was executed a few years after the revolution started along with his wife Marie Antoinette.

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