What caused the beheading of Louis XVI?

One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. read more

The execution of Louis XVI, by means of the guillotine, a major event of the French Revolution, took place on 21 January 1793 at the Place de la Révolution ("Revolution Square", formerly Place Louis XV, and renamed Place de la Concorde in 1795) in Paris. read more

The causes of the execution of Louis XVI are the same causes that led to the French revolution. - A political crisis The French population was divided in 3 estates. The first two (the Clergy and the Nobility) concentrated all the powers. read more