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The trial of Louis XVI—officially called "Citizen Louis Capet" since being dethroned—before the National Convention in December 1792 was a key event of the French Revolution. He was convicted of high treason and other crimes, resulting in his execution .
Speech by Jean-Marie Calès, député from Haute-Garonne, on the punishment of Louis XVI. 12 députés and 4 substitutes Jean-Baptiste Mailhe, 1° yes, 2° no, 3° death with the amendment in my name, 4° yes. Jean-François-Bertrand Delmas, 1° yes, 2° no, 3° death, 4° no. fr:Joseph-Étienne Projean, 1° yes, 2° no, 3° death, 4° no.
The Tribunal, from La Démagogie en 1793 à Paris by Dauban (H. Plon; 1868). The Revolutionary Tribunal (French: Tribunal révolutionnaire; unofficially Popular Tribunal) [1] was a court instituted by the National Convention during the French Revolution for the trial of political offenders.
Louis XVI and his family being transferred to the Temple Prison on 13 August 1792. Engraving by Jacques François Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines, 1792.. Following the attack on the Tuileries Palace during the insurrection of 10 August 1792, King Louis XVI was imprisoned at the Temple Prison in Paris, along with his wife Marie Antoinette, their two children and his younger sister Élisabeth.
Posthumous portrait of Louis XVI imprisoned at the Tour du Temple (by Jean-François Garneray, 1814) Tinted etching of Louis XVI, 1792. The caption refers to the date of the Tennis Court Oath and concludes, "The same Louis XVI who bravely waits until his fellow citizens return to their hearths to plan a secret war and exact his revenge."
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) -A Russian court sentenced a dual Russian-American citizen, Ksenia Karelina, to 12 years in prison on Thursday after finding her guilty of treason for donating ...
LONDON (Reuters) -Russian physicist Anatoly Maslov was convicted of treason and sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony on Tuesday in the latest of several cases against experts working on the ...
Louis XVI stands trial before the Convention, as Robespierre watches from the first row. Engraving by Reinier Vinkeles Execution of Louis XVI After the Convention's unanimous declaration of a French Republic on 21 September 1792, a commission was established to examine the evidence against the former king while the Convention's Legislation ...