Original: 1757 & ndash ; Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert -- François Damiens , the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering , the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides .
Simplified: 1757 -- Louis XV of France survives the assassination attempt by Robert -- François Damiens , the last person to be executed in France with the traditional and gruesome form of death penalty used for regicides .