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tavernier

(13,776 posts) Mon Jun 30, 2025, 05:08 PM 12 hrs ago

Time flies.

1793 seemed to me like millions of years ago when I was young. Now at age 78 it seems not that ancient. Does anyone here remember what occurred in this year?

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Time flies. (Original Post) tavernier 12 hrs ago OP

I'm old, but not quite old enough to remember what happened in 1793. Ocelot II 12 hrs ago #1

The reign of terror began in France? hedda_foil 11 hrs ago #2

Louis XVI guillotined? justaprogressive 11 hrs ago #3

Marie-Antoinette also canetoad 11 hrs ago #4

Yes. tavernier 11 hrs ago #5

Ocelot II

(125,629 posts)

1. I'm old, but not quite old enough to remember what happened in 1793.

Reply to tavernier (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 05:19 PM

12 hrs ago

hedda_foil

(16,767 posts)

2. The reign of terror began in France?

Reply to tavernier (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 05:24 PM

11 hrs ago

justaprogressive

(4,354 posts)

3. Louis XVI guillotined?

Reply to tavernier (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 05:31 PM

11 hrs ago

or were you thinking of the louvre opening?

canetoad

(19,225 posts)

4. Marie-Antoinette also

Reply to justaprogressive (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 05:36 PM

11 hrs ago

Lost her head in October 1793. The The Reign of Terror extended over the whole year. Countless rich people, aristocrats and many innocents died.

tavernier

(13,776 posts)

5. Yes.

Reply to canetoad (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 06:15 PM

11 hrs ago

I’m not calling for the guillotine, just a reminder that this actually happened in the not too distant past.
Shouldn’t we stop and remember that we are intelligent people and not animals?

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