# Execution of Louis XVI (1793)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1793-execution-of-louis-xvi
Location: Paris

The former king was guillotined after conviction for treason. Within the broader French Revolution period, The Revolution dismantled legal privilege and absolute monarchy, declared new rights and created a republic. War, popular mobilization, civil conflict and political terror repeatedly transformed the revolutionary state. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is National Convention (Collective head of the French Republic). Execution of Louis XVI mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Execution of Louis XVI mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated.

Ruler at the time: [National Convention](https://history-france.com/rulers/national-convention)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Execution of Louis XVI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Execution+of+Louis+XVI&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Execution of Louis XVI](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Execution+of+Louis+XVI)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)