Louis XVI, king of France, was executed on January 21, 1793.
His last words, addressed to the crowd around the scaffold, were: ‘I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; I Pardon those who have occasioned my death; and I pray to God that the blood you are going to shed may never be visited on France.’
An account of his execution, written by the confessor who attended him, may be read here.
Image: Louis XVI et l’Abbé Edgeworth de Firmont au pied de l’échafaud, le 21 janvier 1793 by Charles Benazech
