Louis XVI, of France, is beheaded, in Paris, for treason against France.

       [restored 10/23/2021]

Subsequent Events:

2/1/1793                 2/28/1793                  5/8/1794                  7/28/1794

References:

Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, four volumes. (London: Cassell, 1956-58), 3:282.

“Today in History,” Orange County (California) Register, 21 January 2011, News:3.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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