September 28, 2025
Famously used to execute King Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, and thousands more during the French Revolution, the guillotine was used for capital punishment in France until 1977.
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What Led to France’s Reign of Terror?
On September 5, 1793, a group of Parisian radicals petitioned the National Convention to place “terror on the order of the day.” Seizing that mandate, the Committee of Public Safety in Paris responded with ruthless efficiency to real and perceived threats to its rule. By the time the Reign of
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