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tavernier

(13,811 posts) Mon Jun 30, 2025, 05:08 PM Jun 30

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 Jun 30 OP

I'm old, but not quite old enough to remember what happened in 1793. Ocelot II Jun 30 #1

The reign of terror began in France? hedda_foil Jun 30 #2

Louis XVI guillotined? justaprogressive Jun 30 #3

Marie-Antoinette also canetoad Jun 30 #4

Yes. tavernier Jun 30 #5

Ocelot II

(126,066 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

Jun 30

hedda_foil

(16,781 posts)

2. The reign of terror began in France?

Reply to tavernier (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 05:24 PM

Jun 30

justaprogressive

(4,716 posts)

3. Louis XVI guillotined?

Reply to tavernier (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 05:31 PM

Jun 30

or were you thinking of the louvre opening?

canetoad

(19,320 posts)

4. Marie-Antoinette also

Reply to justaprogressive (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 05:36 PM

Jun 30

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

(13,811 posts)

5. Yes.

Reply to canetoad (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 06:15 PM

Jun 30

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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