Friday, February 25, 2011

The Time Line of the Guillotine

1789- Dr. Guillotine proposed the idea that they use the machine to make executing people easier.
1792- The device was first used on Nicolas Jacques Pelletier, and then the usage was spread across Europe.
1793- People did not think that the guillotine was the best way to execute people. Then later during the French Revolution the machine was used. Then later that year in October Marie Antoinette was executed by the guillotine.
1794- A man named Robespierre had sent many people to the guillotine and in 1794 he met the same fate.