December 10: Opening of the trial of Louis XVIbefore the Convention. December 11: Louis XVI is brought before the Convention. He appears in person twice, December 11 and 26.
Louis XVI was found guilty and executed during the first month of 1793.
The Birth of Venus (Italian: Nascita di Venere) is a painting by Sandro Botticelli generally thought to have been painted in the mid 1480s. [more]
Flight to Varennes
June 20-21: In the night of 20-21th June, the King, the Queen and their children slip out of the Tuileries Palace and flee by carriage.
June 21-22: The King is recognized at Varennes. The Assembly announces that he was taken against his will, and sends three commissioners to bring him back to Paris.
June 25: Louis XVI returns to Paris and the Assembly suspends his functions until further notice.
The Shrimp Girl
The Shrimp Girl is a painting by the English artist William Hogarth. It was painted around 1740–45, and is held by the National Gallery, London. [more]
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
June 25: Louis XVI returns to Paris and the Assembly suspends his functions until further notice.
Flatford Mill
The Birth of Venus (Italian: Nascita di Venere) is a painting by Sandro Botticelli generally thought to have been painted in the mid 1480s. [more]
The Fighting Temeraire
The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 is an oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. HMS Temeraire was one of the last second-rate ships of the line to have played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. [more]
Liberty Leading the People
The Birth of Venus (Italian: Nascita di Venere) is a painting by Sandro Botticelli generally thought to have been painted in the mid 1480s. [more]
Ophelia
The Birth of Venus (Italian: Nascita di Venere) is a painting by Sandro Botticelli generally thought to have been painted in the mid 1480s. [more]
The Music Lesson
- September 2-7: Following the news of surrender of Verdun, the Commune orders massacres of Paris prisons. Between 1400 and 2000 prisoners are massacred, the majority of which were common criminals, 17 percent were priests, 6 percent Swiss guards, and 5 percent political prisoners.
- September 10: The government requisitions all church objects made of gold or silver.
