‘Pardon me sir, I meant not to do it’ – the last words of Marie Antoinette (after stepping on the foot of the executioner)
On 16 October 1793, Marie Antoinette, the widow of Louis XVI, was executed at the guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris – she was 37.
The Hampshire Chronicle published the details of the event on 28 October 1793.
Hampshire Chronicle | 28 October 1793
1 comments On The Execution of Marie Antoinette – 16 October 1793
This is an interesting historical footnote