WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the French Revolution, the guillotine became the primary symbol of the Reign of Terror and was used to execute thousands of people, including King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette.

Detailed explanation-2: -Between June 14 and July 27, 1794, hundreds of nobles, shopkeepers, clergy, corset makers, vintners, and other “suspicious” citizens were executed by guillotine at Place de la Nation in Paris. It was the height of the French Revolution-Robespierre’s Reign of Terror.

Detailed explanation-3: -Article 12: “Any person sentenced to death shall be decapitated.” Article 13: “By exception to article 12, when the death penalty is handed down for crimes against the safety of the State, execution shall take place by firing squad."

Detailed explanation-4: -Many were massacred, shot, drowned, or otherwise killed. But the revolutionaries also used the guillotine to great effect. People were, in fact, guillotined with such regularity that a shortage of guillotines emerged.