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Napoleon Bonaparte, aged 23
Photo Credit: By Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux - Transferred from de.wikipedia to Commons by Stefan Bernd.Alt source: [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5556134
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Marie Antoinette's execution — on 16 October 1793: Sanson, the executioner, showing Marie Antoinette's head to the people (anonymous, 1793).
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Marie Antoinette's execution on 16 October 1793: Sanson, the executioner, showing Marie Antoinette's head to the people (anonymous, 1793).
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Storming of the Bastille — and arrest of Governor Bernard-René de Launay, 14 July 1789
Photo Credit: By Anonymous - L’Histoire par l’image, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6882732
Storming of the Bastille and arrest of Governor Bernard-René de Launay, 14 July 1789
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Marriage of Marie Antoinette with Louis-Auguste — Celebrated in the Royal Chapel of Versailles by the Archbishop-Duke of Reims on May 16, 1770
Photo Credit: By Claude-Louis Desrais (1746-1816) - RMN[1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4427067
Marriage of Marie Antoinette with Louis-Auguste Celebrated in the Royal Chapel of Versailles by the Archbishop-Duke of Reims on May 16, 1770
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Marie Antoinette at the age of 13 — Portrait sent to the Dauphin to show him what his future bride looked like (by Joseph Ducreux, 1769)
Photo Credit: By Joseph Ducreux - http://www.ladyreading.net/marieantoinette/index-en.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5012606
Marie Antoinette at the age of 13 Portrait sent to the Dauphin to show him what his future bride looked like (by Joseph Ducreux, 1769)
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Marie Antoinette in hunting attire — One of her mother's favorite portraits of her daughter (by Joseph Krantzinger, 1771)
Photo Credit: By Joseph Kreutzinger - http://www.ladyreading.net/marieantoinette/big/marie19.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1021725
Marie Antoinette in hunting attire One of her mother's favorite portraits of her daughter (by Joseph Krantzinger, 1771)
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Marie Antoinette
Photo Credit: By Joseph Kreutzinger - http://www.ladyreading.net/marieantoinette/big/marie19.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1021725
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Execution of Louis XVI — In the Place de la Révolution. The empty pedestal in front of him had supported an equestrian statue of his grandfather, Louis XV. When the monarchy was abolished on 21 September 1792, the statue was torn down and sent to be melted.
Photo Credit: By Isidore Stanislas Helman - Bibliothèque nationale de France, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17446087
Execution of Louis XVI In the Place de la Révolution. The empty pedestal in front of him had supported an equestrian statue of his grandfather, Louis XV. When the monarchy was abolished on 21 September 1792, the statue was torn down and sent to be melted.
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Louis XVI imprisoned at the Tour du Temple
Photo Credit: By Jean-François Garneray - Own work PHGCOM, 2009, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6410768
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Louis XVI at the age of 20
Photo Credit: By Joseph Duplessis - Unknown, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1302669
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Nero — cropped
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Nero cropped