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Marie Antoinette

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Marie Antoinette

1755–1793

Queen of France from 1774 to 1792

Enlightenment

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Biography

Marie Antoinette was Queen of France from 1774 until the fall of the monarchy in 1792 and her subsequent execution during the French Revolution.

Source: Wikipedia · Compiled March 2026 · AI-summarized

Timeline

1755
Birth

Austrian-French wife of Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)

November 2 →
1770
Event

Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI in a proxy wedding.

April 19 →
1770
Event

14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.

May 16 →
1774
Event

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.

May 10 →
1784
Event

Die der französischen Königin Marie Antoinette gewidmete tragédie lyrique Les Danaïdes von Antonio Salieri auf einen Text von François Bailly du Roullet und Louis Théodore Baron de Tschudi, nach einer italienischen Vorlage von Ranieri de’ Calzabigi, wird mit großem Erfolg in Paris uraufgeführt.

April 26 →
1793
Death

Queen of France (executed) (b. 1755)

October 16 →
1793
Event

Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, is guillotined at the height of the French Revolution.

October 16 →
1793
Event

Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted of treason.

October 15 →
1793
Event

French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed.

October 16 →
1793
Event

Marie Antoinette, die bisher im Temple gefangen gehalten worden ist, wird in die Conciergerie überstellt.

August 1 →

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