1939 Death Eugene Weldman, last guillotined in France 1922 Death Henri-Desire Landru, French sex murderer, guillotined at 52 1794 Death Maximilien Robespierre, French revolutionary/avocat (1781), guillotined 1794 Death Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined 1794 Death Georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34 1793 Death Pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader, guillotined at 40 1793 Death Charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined 1792 Death Nicolas J Pelletier, Frenchman, 1st guillotined 1754 Birthday Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France, 1774-93, eventually guillotined
