Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1793–1794

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Execution of Antoine Lavoisier

   1793–1794

   Role: Convicted chemist and former tax farmer, guillotined

   1. 124 November 1793 · Port Royal convent, where Lavoisier surrendered for questioning on 30 November 1793Order for the arrest of the former tax farmers

      On 24 November 1793 the arrest of all former tax farmers was ordered, the measure that ensnared Lavoisier.

   2. 223 December 1793 · Commission on weights and measuresRemoval from the commission on weights and measures

      On 23 December 1793 Lavoisier, Laplace, and several other members were removed from the commission on weights and measures for political reasons.

   3. 38 May 1794 · Paris, site of the conviction and executionConviction and guillotining of Lavoisier and 27 co-defendants

      Lavoisier was convicted and guillotined in Paris on 8 May 1794, aged 50, along with his 27 co-defendants.

Sources

1. Antoine Lavoisier Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27