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French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
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French Revolution
Revolution in France from 1789 to 1799
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France which began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the Coup of 18 Brumaire on 9 November 1799. Many of the revolution's ideas are considered fundamental principles of liberal democracy, and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Maximilien Robespierre
French revolutionary lawyer and politician (1758–1794)
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre was a French lawyer and statesman, widely recognised as one of the most influential and controversial figures of the French Revolution. Robespierre fervently campaigned for the voting rights of all men and their unimpeded…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
French revolutionary politician (1767–1794)
Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just, sometimes nicknamed the Archangel of Terror, was a French revolutionary, political philosopher, member and president of the French National Convention, a Jacobin club leader, and a major figure of the French Revolution. The youngest person…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Guillotine
Apparatus designed for carrying out executions by beheading
A guillotine is an apparatus designed for effectively carrying out executions by beheading. The device consists of a tall, upright frame with a weighted and angled blade suspended at the top. The condemned person is secured with a pillory at the bottom of the frame, holding the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Paris
Capital and largest city of France
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