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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 ...
21 October – Louis XIV and his court return in triumph to Paris, and take up residence in the Louvre. 22 October – An amnesty is proclaimed for the Fronde participants, except for its leaders. 1653 3 February – Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris. On 4 July, the leaders of Paris honor him with a banquet at the Hôtel de Ville and a ...
1643: Louis XIV is crowned King of France. He reigned over the Kingdom of France until his death in 1715, making his reign the longest of any monarch in history at 72 years and 110 days. 1643: L'incoronazione di Poppea, by Monteverdi, first performed. 1644: Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected Pope Innocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
The Age of Louis XIV (Le Siècle de Louis XIV, also translated The Century of Louis XIV) is a historical work by the French historian, philosopher, and writer Voltaire, first published in 1751. [1] Through it, the French 17th century became identified with Louis XIV of France , who reigned from 1643 to 1715.
Grand Siècle or Great Century refers to the period of French history during the 17th century, under the reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV. [2] The period was notable for its development of art and literature, along with the construction of the Palace of Versailles, the effects of the French Wars of Religion, and the impacts of the Thirty ...
In 1695 French arms suffered two major setbacks: first was the death on 5 January of Louis XIV's greatest general of the period, Marshal Luxembourg (to be succeeded by the Duke of Villeroi); the second was the loss of Namur, which was considered to be the strongest fortress in Europe. In a role reversal of 1692 Coehoorn conducted the siege of ...