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On this day Louis XVI was born into the royal family and he was one out of eight children. Louis had a very short childhood because very soon he would have to take the mantle of the king.
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On this day Louis XVI's father had died. This made him heir to the throne, this was the start of his long journey as king.
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Louis XVI on this day got married to his second cousin Marie Antoinette. Louis was at the age of 15 and Marie was 14 at the time they got married and Louis didn't really like her at the time too.
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Louis XVI became the last king of France at the age of 20 which is extremely young to become a king. He was very inexperienced and not ready for the king.
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King Louis XVI permitted secret aid to the American cause beginning in May 1776. This created debt for France but it helped America get its independence.
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He had a daughter as his first child named Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte. She is the only child of Louis that made it to adulthood before being killed.
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Louis XVI called the Estates-General for the first time since King Louis XII. This wasn't done for hundreds of years and it showed that King Louis wasn't a good king,
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The king and his family try to leave Paris and head to Austria because that's where his wife lived before she married him. They did this because they felt unsafe in their own country but on the borderline of France, they were caught and sent back to France.
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Louis was sent to prison for high treason and crimes against the state. This happened because the King tried to leave his people and head to Austria.
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On this day King Louis XVI was executed on the Gilentine and he was the first and the last king ever to be executed in France.
