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The King continued his grand construction projects, including the opera theater of the Palace of Versailles, completed for the celebration of the wedding of the Dauphin and Marie Antoinette, and the new Place Louis XV (now Place de la Concorde) in Paris, whose centerpiece was an equestrian statue of the King, modeled after that of Louis XIV on ...
Treaty of Vienna, Bourbon territorial gains, France guaranteed Lorraine following death of Stanisław Leszczyński: War of Austrian Succession (1740–48) King George's War (1744–1748) Second Carnatic War; Jacobite rising of 1745. Battle of Fontenoy; Location: Europe, North America * France New France; Wabanaki Confederacy Prussia (1740–42 ...
1745 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1745th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 745th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 18th century, and the 6th year of the 1740s decade. As of the start of 1745, the ...
King George's War (1744–1748) is the name given to the military operations in North America that formed part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748). It was the third of the four French and Indian Wars .
The siege of Louisbourg took place in 1745 when a New England colonial force aided by a British fleet captured Louisbourg, the capital of the French province of Île-Royale (present-day Cape Breton Island) during the War of the Austrian Succession, known as King George's War in the British colonies.
May 31 – Frederick II becomes King in Prussia upon the death of his father, Frederick William I. June 1 – Plantation Act 1740 or Naturalization Act 1740 of the Parliament of Great Britain comes into effect providing for Protestant alien immigrants (including Huguenots , and also Jews ) residing in the American colonies for 7 years to ...
Louis X of France (died 1316), called Louis the Quarreller; Louis XI of France (died 1483), called Louis the Prudent; Louis XII of France (died 1515) Louis XIII of France (died 1643), called Louis the Just; Louis XIV of France, the 'Sun King' Louis XV of France (died 1774), called the Louis the Beloved; Louis XVI of France (died 1793) executed ...
Louis was officially arrested on 13 August 1792 and sent to the Temple, an ancient fortress in Paris that was used as a prison. On 21 September, the National Assembly declared France to be a republic, and abolished the monarchy. Louis was stripped of all of his titles and honors, and from this date was known as Citoyen Louis Capet.