vivelareine: On January 21st, 1793, Louis XVI was brought to the scaffold of the guillotine and exec
vivelareine: On January 21st, 1793, Louis XVI was brought to the scaffold of the guillotine and executed. His last words, cut off by drums and as recorded by his confessor, were: I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge. I pardon those who have occasioned my death; and I pray to God that the blood you are going to shed may never be visited on France. -- source link
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