The 16 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelites" id="mwWQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Carmelites">Carmelite</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs_of_Compiègne" id="mwWg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Martyrs of Compiègne">Martyrs of Compiègne</a> are executed ten days prior to the end of the French Revolution's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror" id="mwWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Reign of Terror">Reign of Terror</a>.