After the United States declared its independence from Great Britain in 1776, this nation sent diplomats to France — seeking ...

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office. The public nature of Friday’s Oval ...

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By 1789 France was broke. The nobility refused to pay more taxes, and the peasants simply couldn't. Even the opulent King Louis XVI, fonder of hunting and locksmithing than governing, recognized ...

Seen in turn as an icon of beauty, a controversial figure and a martyr, Marie-Antoinette, the last queen of the Ancien Régime with a tragic destiny, continues to fascinate people the world over. Born ...

This is a bronze, French 2 sols coin from 1792, which was the last year of Louis XVI's reign in France. King Louis XVI was executed by the guillotine in January 1793 after being founf guilty of ...