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The best estimate is about 40,000 between 1789 and 1799. It sounds like a lot but it is really only eleven a day for 10 years. That could hardly put in the need for a new blade replacement.
Estimates vary widely as to how many were killed, with numbers ranging from 20,000 to 40,000; in many cases, records were not kept, or if they were, they are considered likely to be inaccurate.
Precision :
the only precise record is the number of people beheaded from 1882 to 1981 (suppression of the Death penalty in France).
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JudyThe records of French Revolution on Capital Punishment are inaccurate, sometimes non existent and often grossly exagerated. It is best in that case to simply state that "best estimates indicate that several thousand died at the guillotine".
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What is the date that Louis XVI excuted?
King Louis XVI of France was executed on 21 January 1793.
Who took French people away to be guillotined?
The British took away French rebels to be guillotined. A good book about the French revolution is "A Tale of Two Cities."
Can you describe what the Reign of Terror is?
The Reign of Terror was a period of violence during the French Revolution. It lasted from September, 1793 to July 1794 and is named for the many executions of those denounced as "enemies of the state", mainly in Paris but also in other areas of France. Most were guillotined (beheaded), as were King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, earlier in 1793.
What happened after Louis XVI was executed?
Even before Louis XVI died Maximilian Robespierre had considerable power inside of France. This lasted for only a couple of years and then the next person to really have power in France was Napoleon
Did they test human heads guillotined during the French Revolution?
Yes.
