The guillotine was last used for an execution in France during this year.
1946
1977
1939
1919
1977. On September 10, 1977, serial killer Hamida Djandoubi was executed by the guillotine at Baumettes Prison in Marseille. The guillotine was the only legal method of execution in France from its first use in 1792 until the death penalty was abolished in 1981.