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In 1910, the American historical novelist Charles Major wrote "The Little King: A Story of the Childhood of King Louis XIV". Louis is a major character in the 1959 historical novel Angélique et le Roy ("Angélique and the King"), part of the Angélique series. The protagonist, a strong-willed lady at Versailles, rejects the King's advances and ...
This is a timeline of French history, comprising important legal changes and political events in France and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of France. See also the list of Frankish kings, French monarchs, and presidents of France.
1715: Louis XIV dies, leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt; The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans. 1715: Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible. 1716: Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-day India-Pakistan border. 1717: The Netherlands, Britain and France sign the Triple ...
In France, Louis XIV was the most famous exemplar of absolute monarchy, with his court central to French political and cultural life during his reign. It ended in May 1789 during the French Revolution , when widespread social distress led to the convocation of the Estates-General , which was converted into a National Assembly in June 1789.
For post-1792 battles, see List of battles involving France in modern history. For entire wars during 987–1792, see list of wars involving the Kingdom of France . These lists do not include the battles of the French civil wars (as the Wars of Religion , the Fronde , the War in the Vendée ) unless a foreign country is involved.
The Peace of Ryswick, or Rijswijk, was a series of treaties signed in the Dutch city of Rijswijk between 20 September and 30 October 1697. They ended the 1688 to 1697 Nine Years' War between France and the Grand Alliance, which included the Dutch Republic and the Holy Roman Empire.
Louis XIV died on 1 September 1715, and was succeeded by his five-year-old great-grandson Louis XV; on his deathbed, he is alleged to have admitted, "I have loved war too well". [113] True or not, while the final settlement was far more favourable than the Allied terms of 1709, it is hard to see what Louis gained that he had not already ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 January 2025. List of great powers from the early modern period to the post cold war era Great powers are often recognized in an international structure such as the United Nations Security Council. A great power is a nation, state or empire that, through its economic, political and military strength ...