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How many dresses did Marie Antoinette have made to order every year?
The French Revolution was triggered by angry peasants who could not afford to buy bread and had grown tired of their wealthy rulers. On July 14, 1789, rioters stormed the Bastille prison in Paris, freeing the seven prisoners inside. As the revolution spread,
According to official statistics, 17,000 people were beheaded by the guillotine during the French Revolution. The machine was named after a doctor, Joseph- Ignace Guillotin, who thought it would be a quick and painless method of execution. Huge crowds gathered to w
Born an Austrian princess, she became queen of France by marrying French king Louis XVI. Her last words were “Pardon me, sir, I didn’t mean to do it,” when she accidentally stepped on the foot of her executioner. REIGN OF TERROR
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