{"slug": "louis-xvi", "label": "Louis XVI", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVI", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7732", "qid": "Q7732", "description": "King of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1791, then King of the French from 1791 to 1792 (1754-1793)", "entries": 27, "years": 16, "span": [1754, 1807], "span_label": ["1754 CE", "1807 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 7}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 5}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "french-revolution", "label": "French Revolution", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "louis-xv", "label": "Louis XV", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "palace-of-versailles", "label": "Palace of Versailles", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "may", "label": "May", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "july", "label": "July", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-great-britain", "label": "Kingdom of Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "north-carolina", "label": "North Carolina", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "benjamin-franklin", "label": "Benjamin Franklin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "north-carolina-general-assembly", "label": "North Carolina General Assembly", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1754, "year_label": "1754 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 23", "text": "August 23 – Louis XVI, last king of France before the Revolution (d. 1793)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360193273#Births", "title": "1754", "revid": 1360193273, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1755, "year_label": "1755 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 2", "text": "September 2 – Princess Marie Zéphyrine of France, sister of Louis XVI (b. 1750)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360194188#Deaths", "title": "1755", "revid": 1360194188, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1770, "year_label": "1770 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 16", "text": "May 16 – 14-year-old Marie Antoinette of Austria marries Louis-Auguste (who in 1774 becomes King Louis XVI) at the Palace of Versailles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368310921#April–June", "title": "1770", "revid": 1368310921, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1770, "year_label": "1770 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 16", "text": "16 May – 14-year-old Marie Antoinette of Austria marries Louis-Auguste (who in 1774 becomes King Louis XVI) at the Palace of Versailles", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738689#Events", "title": "1770 in France", "revid": 1353738689, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1774, "year_label": "1774 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 10", "text": "May 10 – Louis XVI becomes King of France, following the death of his grandfather, Louis XV.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560805#April–June", "title": "1774", "revid": 1369560805, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1774, "year_label": "1774 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 23", "text": "December 23 – King Louis XVI of France issues a declaration that, for the first time, protects \"the free commerce of meat during Lent\" to support the needs of \"the poor whose infirmity requires them to eat meat.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560805#October–December", "title": "1774", "revid": 1369560805, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1778, "year_label": "1778 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371073991#July–September", "title": "1778", "revid": 1371073991, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1779, "year_label": "1779 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 29", "text": "January 29 – After a second petition for partition from its residents, the North Carolina General Assembly abolishes Bute County, North Carolina (established 1764) by dividing it and naming the northern portion Warren County (for Revolutionary War hero Joseph Warren), the southern portion Franklin County (for Benjamin Franklin). The General Assembly also establishes Warrenton (also named for Joseph Warren) to be the seat of Warren County, and Louisburg (named for Louis XVI of France) to be the seat of Franklin County.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370567590#January–March", "title": "1779", "revid": 1370567590, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1780, "year_label": "1780 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 24", "text": "August 24 – King Louis XVI abolishes the use of torture in extracting confessions in French law courts.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370564554#July–September", "title": "1780", "revid": 1370564554, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1785, "year_label": "1785 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "Louis XVI signs a law that a handkerchief must be square.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370566385#Date_unknown", "title": "1785", "revid": 1370566385, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1785, "year_label": "1785 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 13", "text": "October 13 – France mints new Louis d'or coins, with the image of King Louis XVI on the obverse, and one-sixth less gold than the coins with King Louis XV's image.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370566385#October–December", "title": "1785", "revid": 1370566385, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1787, "year_label": "1787 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 7", "text": "7 November - Louis XVI signs the Edict of Versailles, giving religious freedom to non-Catholics in France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738943#November", "title": "1787 in France", "revid": 1353738943, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1787, "year_label": "1787 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 21", "text": "21 November - The Treaty of Versailles (1787) is signed between Louis XVI and the Vietnamese prince Nguyễn Ánh.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738943#November", "title": "1787 in France", "revid": 1353738943, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1788, "year_label": "1788 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 8", "text": "August 8 – King Louis XVI agrees to convene the Estates-General meeting in May 1789, the first time since 1614.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357260814#July–September", "title": "1788", "revid": 1357260814, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1788, "year_label": "1788 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 8", "text": "8 August - Louis XVI agreed to convene the Estates-General meeting in May 1789, for the first time since 1614.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738953#Events", "title": "1788 in France", "revid": 1353738953, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1789, "year_label": "1789 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 23", "text": "June 23 – Louis XVI of France makes a conciliatory speech urging reforms to a joint session, and orders the three estates to meet together.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818853#April–June", "title": "1789", "revid": 1368818853, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1789, "year_label": "1789 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "July 11", "text": "July 11 – Louis XVI of France dismisses popular Chief Minister Jacques Necker.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818853#July–September", "title": "1789", "revid": 1368818853, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1790, "year_label": "1790 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – King Louis XVI declares to the French National Assembly that he will maintain the constitutional laws.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361336081#January–March", "title": "1790", "revid": 1361336081, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1790, "year_label": "1790 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July", "text": "July – Louis XVI accepts a constitutional monarchy in France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361336081#July–September", "title": "1790", "revid": 1361336081, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1790, "year_label": "1790 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 26", "text": "December 26 – Louis XVI gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361336081#October–December", "title": "1790", "revid": 1361336081, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1791, "year_label": "1791 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 13", "text": "September 13 – French Revolution: King Louis XVI accepts the final version of the completed constitution.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365416177#July–September", "title": "1791", "revid": 1365416177, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1792, "year_label": "1792 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 10", "text": "August 10 – French Revolution: Insurrection of 10 August 1792 – The Tuileries Palace is stormed and Louis XVI is arrested and taken into custody.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359853540#July–September", "title": "1792", "revid": 1359853540, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1792, "year_label": "1792 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 10", "text": "10 August – French Revolution: Insurrection of 10 August 1792 – The Tuileries Palace is stormed and Louis XVI is arrested and taken into custody.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331875836#August", "title": "1792 in France", "revid": 1331875836, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1793, "year_label": "1793 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 21", "text": "January 21 – French Revolution: After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Citizen Capet, formerly King Louis XVI, is guillotined in Paris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358426983#January–June", "title": "1793", "revid": 1358426983, "section": "Events › January–June"}}, {"year": 1793, "year_label": "1793 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 21", "text": "January 21 – King Louis XVI of France (executed) (b. 1754)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358426983#Deaths", "title": "1793", "revid": 1358426983, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1793, "year_label": "1793 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 16", "text": "October 16 – French Revolution: Marie Antoinette, the widowed queen consort of Louis XVI, is guillotined in the Place de la Révolution in Paris at the conclusion of a 2-day trial before the Revolutionary Tribunal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358426983#July–December", "title": "1793", "revid": 1358426983, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1807, "year_label": "1807 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 2", "text": "November 2 – Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Prime Minister of King Louis XVI of France (b. 1730)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362733939#July–December", "title": "1807", "revid": 1362733939, "section": "Deaths › July–December"}}]}