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1754 – He was born this year.
1770 - He married the Austrian archduchess Marie Antoinette.
1774 – He became the king of France this year up to 1792.
1776 – He was appointed (Oct. this year) by Jacques Necker director of the treasury.
1789 – He finally convoked the States-General this year. He ordered the estates to meet and vote separately, but he was forced to yield and allow the estates to sit together and vote by head.
1791 – His position, further compromised by the plots of émigré circles, was definitively ruined when the royal family attempted to flee France in disguise.
1793 - He was guillotined on January 21st of this year, facing death with courage.
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