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.