The original post: /r/europe by /u/Octave_Ergebel on 2025-01-21 21:23:05.

Original Title: Louis XVI, former King of France since the abolition of the monarchy, was publicly executed on 21 January 1793 during the French Revolution at the Place de la Révolution in Paris. At his trial four days prior, the National Convention had convicted the former king of high treason in a near-unanimous