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...b the violence of the revolutionaries there and to stop the execution of [[Louis XVI]]. When he failed to appear for his trial in February he was declared an ou

...de terres'' (Paris, 1774) showed their enormous nutritional value. King [[Louis XVI]] and his court eagerly promoted the new crop, with Queen Marie Antoinette

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...ton Mesmer]] (1734–1815). So popular did Mesmer's ideas become that King [[Louis XVI]] of France appointed two commissions to investigate [[mesmerism]]; one was

...te</ref> The French revolutionaries guillotined [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]] in January 1793, leading the British to declare war to restore the monarc

...Queen of France. "You are a charming young person," he wrote just after [[Louis XVI]] had become King, "who think all day only of your pleasures, your amusemen

In 1784, King [[Louis XVI]] appointed Franklin chairman of the French Royal Commission to scientifica

...group of scientists and artists on a voyage of exploration ordered by King Louis XVI and were welcomed in Monterey. They compiled an account of the Californian

In 1784, King [[Louis XVI]] appointed Franklin chairman of the French Royal Commission to scientifica

...orted the [[French Revolution]], which had just seen the execution of King Louis XVI, and generally supported the Jeffersonian cause. The word "democrat" was p