Marie Antoinette had four children, but tragedy and the French Revolution tore the queen apart from her offspring.
The execution of Louis XVI on January 21, 1793, is one of the French Revolution’s most iconic moments. That morning, the French king made his last procession to the Place de la Révolution. An hour-and ...
The ninth of November, 1799—the 18th of Brumaire in the calendar of the French Revolution—is often remembered as the day the Revolution ended. Napoleon Bonaparte, conqueror of Italy and scourge of ...
The display is timed for the anniversary of France’s abolition of the death penalty, and its honoring of the lawyer who ...