On This Day January 21

Louis XVI of France was guillotined on January 21, 1793 during the French Revolution. As he mounted the scaffold, the former French king appeared dignified and resigned. He delivered a short speech in which he prayed, "I trust that my death will be for the happiness of my people, but I grieve for France, and I fear that she may suffer the anger of the Lord," but his speech was drowned out by a roll of drums.

Execution of Louis XVI – copperplate engraving 1793

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