Last public guillotining in France: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Weidmann" id="mw6Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eugen Weidmann">Eugen Weidmann</a>, a convicted murderer, is executed in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versailles_(city)" id="mw6g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Versailles (city)">Versailles</a> outside the Saint-Pierre prison.