@coughlinbrett.bsky.socialMarie Antoinette (1755-1793), formerly the queen of France. Accused of a series of crimes that included conspiring with foreign powers against the security of France, Marie Antoinette was found guilty of high treason and executed by guillotine on October 16, 1793.
@darkstories.bsky.social16th Oct 1793: The Queen Who Apologised to Her Executioner: the Execution of Marie Antoinette
Full dark history at the link:
https://darkstories.com.au/on-this-day-in-true-crime-history/october-16
Image: Marie Antoinette's execution in 1793
@n5dave.bsky.socialCards, Chains & the Guillotine — Lazare's Sacrifice Announced for Spring 2027!
techmash.co.uk/2026/10/12/c...
@techmashcouk #LazaresSacrifice #CurveGames #DreamRealityInteractive #Deckbuilder #Gwent #DamienMonnier #FrenchRevolution #PCGaming #Steam #GamingNews #TechMash
@david.fediverse.setouchi.socialToday some music in my blog... as well as some history and social commentary:
https://davidbilla.net/gojira-marina-viotti-mea-culpa-ah-ca-ira/
@newbreen.bsky.socialPUBLIC #EXECUTIONS were a feature of the #REIGNofTERROR during the #FRENCHRevolution ! #PROOF that we are living under a #TERRORISTRegime ! As if the roving #DEATHSQUADS of the #ICEGestapo aren't #PROOF ENOUGH! #FACT !
@nickysfacts.bsky.socialJust because it’s the “Reign of Terror”, doesn’t mean there isn’t any fun to be had!😅🇫🇷
#FrenchRevolution #Guillotine #Toy #History
@azadeoksoy.bsky.social
@delcourt-tonkam.fr🩸 L'Archange de la décapitation ⚜️
Découvrez bientôt « L'Archange de la décapitation », le récit de Saint-Just qui transforma la France en un immense échafaud au nom de l'amour.
📅 Tome 1 en librairie le 5 novembre
⚠️ Le manga est réservé à un public averti
@globalhistjnl.bsky.social📢 Open Access!
Suzanne Levin considers how the Lorient Society positioned itself as an intermediary between global concerns and the French national authorities.
#globalhistory #AgeofRevolution(s) #FrenchRevolution #micro-spatialhistory #politicalhistory
👉 Read here: doi.org/10.1017/S174...
@sophieperinot.bsky.socialIt's the ANNIVERSARY OF THE WOMEN’S MARCH ON VERSAILLES. On October 5th-6th 1789 Thousands of Parisian women—Including a character from RIBBONS OF SCARLET—marched on the Palace of Versailles & forced the Royals back to Paris. #historicalfiction #frenchrevolution #womenshistory #catswhoread
@sempaiscuba.bsky.social6 October 1789: King Louis XVI of #France was forced to move from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace. #History #FrenchRevolution
The reasoning seems to have been that the King would be more accountable to the people if he lived among them in #Paris.
@paulinepark.bsky.social#OnThisDay in 1789, the women of Paris marched on #Versailles to demand that #LouisXVI come to Paris to address the crisis of rising bread prices: it would prove to be a turning point in the history of the #FrenchRevolution... #France #RevolutionFrançaise
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's...
@feministory.bsky.social10/5-7/1789 — The #WomensMarch on Versailles; women marched on the Palace of Versailles demanding bread due to scarcity + #highprices; & to demand KingLouis XVI of France bring an end to feudalism. Early significant event of the #FrenchRevolution. #womenshistory #resisters #PolSky #WomenWillRemember
@worldhistory.org✊🏽 On this day in 1789: French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
📝 Article by Harrison W. Mark.
📷 Image 1 by the National Library of France.
#France #FrenchRevolution #WomensMarchOnVersailles #History #FrenchHistory #LouisXVI #OnThisDay
@liamomaraiv.bsky.socialThe #WomensMarchOnVersailles effectively broke royal authority at an early stage in the #FrenchRevolution on #ThisDayInHistory in 1789. Armed women demanded to meet the king, who agreed to their demands, but they broke in the next day and at gunpoint drove the king back to Paris.
@moatstv.bsky.social
@mabelquill.bsky.socialParisian Women March to Versailles #TodayInHistory #MabelQuill #FrenchRevolution #MarchOnVersailles #WomensHistory #HistoryTok #HistoryFacts #LearnHistory #fyp
@philwells.bsky.socialFun fact of the day: “In other words, literacy rates in late eighteenth-century France were much higher than in the late twentieth-century United States” #books #booksky #frenchrevolution
@sempaiscuba.bsky.social30 September 1791: The National Constituent Assembly in #France was dissolved.
It would be replaced the following day by the National Legislative Assembly. #History #FrenchRevolution