On this day, January 21, in 1793 (216 years ago), King Louis XVI of France was executed. Although Louis XVI openly accepted the French Revolution, he resisted the advice of constitutional monarchists who sought to reform the monarchy in order to save it. In November of 1792 evidence of his counterrevolutionary relationship with Austria and other foreign nations was discovered and he was put on trial for treason by the National Convention. In January 1793 Louis XVI was convicted and sentenced to death by a small majority. On January 21 he walked abidingly to the guillotine and was executed. His queen, Marie Antoinette was sentenced to the same death 9 months later.
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