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Louis XVI

King of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1791, then King of the French from 1791 to 1792 (1754-1793)

21 dated entries naming Louis XVI, drawn from 14 separate years between 1755 CE and 1807 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1755September 2 – Princess Marie Zéphyrine of France, sister of Louis XVI (b. 1750)source
  • 1770May 16 – 14-year-old Marie Antoinette of Austria marries Louis-Auguste (who in 1774 becomes King Louis XVI) at the Palace of Versailles.source
  • 1774December 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."source
  • 1778July 10 – Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.source
  • 1779January 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.source
  • 1780August 24 – King Louis XVI abolishes the use of torture in extracting confessions in French law courts.source
  • 1785Louis XVI signs a law that a handkerchief must be square.source
  • 1785October 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.source
  • 1788August 8 – King Louis XVI agrees to convene the Estates-General meeting in May 1789, the first time since 1614.source
  • 1789July 11 – Louis XVI of France dismisses popular Chief Minister Jacques Necker.source
  • 1789June 23 – Louis XVI of France makes a conciliatory speech urging reforms to a joint session, and orders the three estates to meet together.source
  • 1789June 4 – Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, son of Louis XVI (tuberculosis) (b. 1781)source
  • 1790December 26 – Louis XVI gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.source
  • 1790February 4 – King Louis XVI declares to the French National Assembly that he will maintain the constitutional laws.source
  • 1790July – Louis XVI accepts a constitutional monarchy in France.source
  • 1791September 13 – French Revolution: King Louis XVI accepts the final version of the completed constitution.source
  • 1792August 10 – French Revolution: Insurrection of 10 August 1792 – The Tuileries Palace is stormed and Louis XVI is arrested and taken into custody.source
  • 1793January 21 – French Revolution: After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Citizen Capet, formerly King Louis XVI, is guillotined in Paris.source
  • 1793January 21 – King Louis XVI of France (executed) (b. 1754)source
  • 1793October 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.source

19th century

  • 1807November 2 – Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Prime Minister of King Louis XVI of France (b. 1730)source

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