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In 1792, Roederer and Tobias Schmidt manufacturing a guillotine equipped with a [[leather]] bag for the disposal of the severed head. The next month, on a [[Friday]] afternoon, the first real guillotine was set up in the Cour du Commerce, rue Saint-André-des-Arts. It was tested on [[sheep]] and calves. The blade was not the oblique one yet, though it was probably curved like a scimitar. The guillotine was subsequently tested on several human corpses. Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier was the first Frenchman to be executed on the place de Grève. In 1793 both [[Louis XVI]], King of France and [[Marie Antoinette]], Queen of France were executed by guillotine at Place de la Révolution.

In 1792, Roederer and Tobias Schmidt manufacturing a guillotine equipped with a [[leather]] bag for the disposal of the severed head. The next month, on a [[Friday]] afternoon, the first real guillotine was set up in the Cour du Commerce, rue Saint-André-des-Arts. It was tested on [[sheep]] and calves. The blade was not the oblique one yet, though it was probably curved like a scimitar. The guillotine was subsequently tested on several human corpses. Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier was the first Frenchman to be executed on the place de Grève. In 1793 both [[Louis XVI]], King of France and [[Marie Antoinette]], Queen of France were executed by guillotine at Place de la Révolution.

Between 1870 and 1872, Leon Berger, an assistant executioner and [[carpenter]], improved and developed a new guillotine. Among the "improvements" were the spring system, which stops the mouton at the bottom of the groves, and the lock/blocking device on the lunette. The new release mechanism for the blade, was also developed by Berger. All guillotines built after 1870 are made according to Berger's design. The last public execution by guillotine in France was in 1939, after which they are held only in a [[prison]].  In 1977, the guillotine was used for the last time at the execution of [[Hamida Djandoubi]]. Today, [[capital punishment]] is illegal (and anti constitutional since 2007) in France, as in most of the [[First World]].

Between 1870 and 1872, Leon Berger, an assistant executioner and [[carpenter]], improved and developed a new guillotine. Among the "improvements" were the spring system, which stops the mouton at the bottom of the groves, and the lock/blocking device on the lunette. The new release mechanism for the blade, was also developed by Berger. All guillotines built after 1870 are made according to Berger's design. The last public execution by guillotine in France was in 1939, after which they are held only in a [[prison]].  In 1977, the guillotine was used for the last time at the execution of [[Hamida Djandoubi]]. Today, [[capital punishment]] is illegal (and anti constitutional since 2007) in [[France]].

[[category:France]]

[[category:France]]