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'Louis XVI', (1754-1793), 1830. Louis XVI (1754-1793) last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution, he made attempts to reform the government to Enlightenment ideas, introduced deregulation which led to food scarcity and riots. Found guilty of high treason, he was executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]