I think liger411 hit the nail on the head with the date. That is the day that France declared war on Austria (Marie Antoinette's home country, whom she was married to a French dauphin to create a peace treaty with), and this begin the entire French revolution and cemented the fall of Marie Antoinette and her husband, King Louis. The common population of France blamed her and the king for their state of poverty and desperation, which had become so great that they felt they had to start a revolution. About a year later, she was beheaded. Assuming that Aphex Twin did indeed write this song for the Marie Antoinette soundtrack (as I assume the instrumentation is a nod to), I think this explains the title.
I think liger411 hit the nail on the head with the date. That is the day that France declared war on Austria (Marie Antoinette's home country, whom she was married to a French dauphin to create a peace treaty with), and this begin the entire French revolution and cemented the fall of Marie Antoinette and her husband, King Louis. The common population of France blamed her and the king for their state of poverty and desperation, which had become so great that they felt they had to start a revolution. About a year later, she was beheaded. Assuming that Aphex Twin did indeed write this song for the Marie Antoinette soundtrack (as I assume the instrumentation is a nod to), I think this explains the title.