Louis XVI of France died on 21 January 1793 in place de la Concorde, aged 38. King of France from 1774, Louis XVI was the grandson of Louis XV and married the Austrian archduchess Marie Antoinette in 1770. He inherited a monarchy burdened with debt, which was made worse by French support for the American Revolution, and failed reforms. In 1789 he summoned the Estates-General, which led to the French Revolution. He accepted a constitutional monarchy but hesitated and distrusted the revolutionaries, and his attempt to flee in June 1791 was halted at Varennes, which undermined his credibility. The monarchy was abolished in 1792, and he was tried by the National Convention for treason and executed by guillotine in January 1793.
Before and after
- 20 November 1792Birth of Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky
- from 21 December 1792 to 25 May 1793French expedition to Sardinia
- 1793Cotton gin
- 1793Founding of Krasnodar
- 21 January 1793Death of Louis XVI of France
- 17 February 1793Earthquake in Sanriku,Rikuzen,Rikuchu, Japan
- from 3 March 1793 to 16 July 1796War in the Vendée
- from 7 March 1793 to 22 July 1795War of the Pyrenees
- 10 August 1793Construction of Louvre Museum
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The era
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