Louis the XIV

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  • Louis XIV Timeline

    Birth of Louis, later Louis XIV, son of Louis XIII and his wife Anne (Ana) of Austria

  • CIvil War

    Civil war in France, the Fronde (or Frondes, distinguishing between the parliamentary Fronde, or Fronde of the judges, and the Fronde of the high nobility) directed against the power of the crown and the influence of Mazarin and his nominees

  • Louis becomes King

    Louis XIV takes part in war against Spain on northern, north-eastern and eastern frontiers of France.

  • Birth of his Daughter

    1 November. Birth of Louis, dauphin of France. Between 1662 and 1672 five more children (two sons, three daughters) are born of Louis' marriage to Maria Teresa, none of whom survived infancy or early childhood.
    Birth of Louis' first illegitimate child; between 1662 and 1678 ten acknowledged illegitimate children are born to him; those who survive early childhood are legitimised.
    Beginning of military reforms; these continue throughout reign with improvement in discipline and Organisation, abol

  • Louis XIV

    Louis XIV ends the regale dispute with the papacy, setting aside the Gallican articles.
    Saint-Simon arrives at court; begins notes for his memoirs, 1694.
    Establishment of French factory in Senegal.