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Guillotine. The guillotine used in Luxembourg between 1789 and 1821. A guillotine ( / ˈɡɪlətiːn, - loʊ -/ GHIH-lə-teen, -loh-) is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading. The device consists of a tall, upright frame with a weighted and angled blade suspended at the top. The condemned person is ...
Physician. Known for. Proposing a painless method for executions, inspiring the guillotine. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin ( French: [ʒɔzɛf iɲas ɡijɔtɛ̃]; 28 May 1738 – 26 March 1814) was a French physician, politician, and freemason who proposed on 10 October 1789 the use of a device to carry out executions in France, as a less painful ...
25 April 1792 (aged 35–36) Hôtel de Ville, Paris, France. Nationality. French. Occupation. Highwayman. Known for. First person to be executed by guillotine. Nicolas Jacques Pelletier (c. 1756 [1] – 25 April 1792) was a French highwayman who was the first person to be executed by guillotine.
Date apprehended. 11 August 1974. Hamida Djandoubi ( Arabic: حميدة جندوبي, romanized : Ḥamīda Jandūbī; 22 September 1949 – 10 September 1977) was a Tunisian convicted murderer sentenced to death in France. He moved to Marseille in 1968, and six years later he was convicted of the kidnapping, torture and murder of 21-year-old ...
The Maiden (also known as the Scottish Maiden) is an early form of guillotine, or gibbet, that was used between the 16th and 18th centuries as a means of execution in Edinburgh, Scotland. The device was introduced in 1564 during the reign of Mary Queen of Scots, and was last used in 1716. It long predates the use of the guillotine during the ...
Tallien ensured the operation of the guillotine in Bordeaux, while Barras and Fréron addressed issues in Marseille and Toulon. Joseph Le Bon was sent to the Somme and Pas-de-Calais regions. On 8 November, the director of the assignats manufacture and Manon Roland were executed.
The guillotine was first used on Nicolas Jacques Pelletier on 25 April 1792. Guillotine usage then spread to other countries such as Germany (where it had been used since before the revolution), Italy, Sweden (used in a single execution), the Netherlands and French colonies in Africa, Canada, French Guiana and French Indochina. Although other ...
From hugs to guillotines, Trump's fundraising emails are a roller coaster. “You’re on my mind.”. “Do you need a hug?”. “I love you.”. “They want to sentence me to death!”. No ...