Louis XVI of France

Louis XVI  23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793), born Louis-Auguste, was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as Citizen Louis Capet during the four months before he was guillotined. In 1765, at the death of his father, Louis, son and heir apparent of Louis XV, Louis-Auguste became the new Dauphin of France. Upon his grandfather's death on 10 May 1774, he assumed the title "King of France and Navarre", which he used until 4 September 1791, when he received the title of "King of the French" until the monarchy was abolished on 21 September 1792.

In a context of civil and international war, Louis XVI was suspended and arrested at the time of the Insurrection of 10 August 1792; one month later, the absolute monarchy was abolished; the First French Republic was proclaimed on 21 September 1792. He was tried by the National Convention (self-instituted as a tribunal for the occasion), found guilty of high treason, and executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793, as a desacralized French citizen under the name of "Citizen Louis Capet," in reference to Hugh Capet, the founder of the Capetian dynasty – which the revolutionaries interpreted as Louis's family name. Louis XVI was the only King of France ever to be executed, and his death brought an end to more than a thousand years of continuous French monarchy.


Louis XVI of France was arrested on 8/10/1792 (executed 4 months later) He was the last King of France.
Fri, 10 August 1792 = 22nd of Av, 5552.. 22/11 = 11/22

On 8/10/2019 it will be the 227th anniversary of his arrest.
Sat, 10 August 2019 = 9th of Av, 5779
ט׳ בְּאָב תשע״ט
Parashat Devarim (in Diaspora)
Shabbat Chazon
Erev Tish'a B'Av

From and including: Friday, August 10, 1792
To, but not including Saturday, August 10, 2019
227 years excluding the end date.
"French Revolution" = 227 (Reverse Ordinal)