How did Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette die?

• A. They were beheaded by the guillotine.
• B. They died in exile.
• C. They were executed by firing squad.
• D. They died in prison.

Answer: (A)

During the French Revolution, the method chosen for high-profile executions was the guillotine. Louis XVI was tried by the National Convention, found guilty of treason, and beheaded by guillotine in Paris on January 21, 1793. Marie Antoinette met the same fate later that year, beheaded by guillotine on October 16, 1793, at the Place de la Révolution in Paris. They were not exiled, not executed by firing squad, and their deaths were not due to dying in prison.