France abolishes the death penalty
1981 · Event
Justice minister Robert Badinter carries Mitterrand's pledge through parliament; the guillotine's last use had been in 1977.
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More from France
- French Revolution (1789)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769)
- Napoleon's rule of France (1799)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Reign of Louis XIV (the Sun King) (1643)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Baptism of Clovis (496)
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- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- Gulf War (1990)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
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- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)