<P> 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 . The National Convention had convicted the king ( 17 January 1792 ) in a near - unanimous vote ( while no one voted `` not guilty '' , several deputies abstained ) and condemned him to death by a simple majority . </P>
<P> 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 . The National Convention had convicted the king ( 17 January 1792 ) in a near - unanimous vote ( while no one voted `` not guilty '' , several deputies abstained ) and condemned him to death by a simple majority . </P>
who lost his head in the french revolution
who lost his head in the french revolution
Louis XVI
Louis XVI