The French National Convention began deliberations over the fate of Louis XVI, a debate that would culminate in his execution weeks later.

The French National Convention pressed toward its final verdict on Louis XVI, debating the punishment that would send the deposed monarch to the guillotine days later.

The French National Convention neared its final votes on the fate of Louis XVI, the deposed king, as revolutionary Paris braced for a historic verdict.

Revolutionary France executed King Louis XVI by guillotine before a vast crowd, ending centuries of Bourbon absolute monarchy.

Charlotte Corday stabbed radical journalist Jean-Paul Marat to death in his medicinal bathtub in Paris, turning him into a martyr of the French Revolution.

Charlotte Corday was guillotined in Paris four days after stabbing revolutionary journalist Jean-Paul Marat to death in his bath.

The Revolutionary Tribunal in Paris opened formal proceedings against Marie Antoinette, charging the former queen with treason and conspiracy against the French Republic.

Marie Antoinette was guillotined in Paris's Place de la Révolution, nine months after her husband Louis XVI met the same fate.

The former queen of France was guillotined in Paris's Place de la Révolution, nine months after her husband Louis XVI met the same fate.

President George Washington's administration signed Eli Whitney's patent for the cotton gin, a device that transformed American agriculture and entrenched slavery for decades.

Revolutionary France formally opened the Louvre palace to the public as a museum, transforming a royal residence into a symbol of shared national heritage.