Even the opulent King Louis XVI ... wanted to spread the revolution across Europe. In April 1792, France declared war on Austria. The war went badly, and Louis XVI was blamed.

The French Revolution, which began in 1789 ... The monarchy ended violently and dramatically with the beheading of King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette. The royal couple's two sons ...

Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his wife ... That morning, the French king made his last procession to the Place de la Révolution. An hour-and-a-half-long coach journey ...

In the late 1700s, the King of France ... These were the ideals of the early French Revolution: liberté, égalité, fraternité. Louis XVI faced a clear choice. Could he accept equality and ...

but the French Revolution was lead by the bourgeoisie from the start. In May 1789, King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates-General, to try and find a solution to France’s financial problems.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the day in 1792 when the French Revolution risked defeat.

In 1789, it was home to King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette. But everything was to change with the French Revolution, when the people rebelled against the royal family and triumphantly ...

The dramatic events around the French king Louis XVI and the French crises in the late 1700's with no will to pay taxes, which led Louis XVI into an impossible situation as a king.

During the French Revolution, Tussaud was forced craft works of executed nobles – including King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette – to prove she was loyal to the crown. Following the end of the ...

The French Revolution vividly unfurls in a maelstrom of violence, discontent, and fundamental change. King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Maximilien Robespierre, and Napoleon Bonaparte lead a cast ...