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Louis XIV was born on September 5, 1638.
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Louis XIV became the King of France in 1643. He was only 4 years old.
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Before he was 10 years old, the Parliament of Paris rebelled against Louis' chief minister, Cardinal Jules Mazarin, which led to a Civil War
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Mazarin dies, and Louis XIV took full control of France.
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Founded the Academy of Inscriptions as an attempt to incorporate the arts in French culture
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Following the Academy of Inscriptions, he founded the Royal Academy of Music
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As his final act to incorporate the arts into French culture, he approved the construction of the Paris Observatory.
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Invaded the Spanish Netherlands, which was later named the War of Devolution.
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In an effort to establish religious uniformity across France, Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nates, which allowed for Huguenots to have rights as a religious majority.
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Louis XIV created the Edict of Fontainebleau, which forced all children to be baptized as Catholics, and allowed for the destruction of Protestant churches and schools
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Spain, England, and the Roman Empire formed the Great Alliance, which went to war with France and became known as the Nine Years War.
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The War of Spanish Succession was started so that Louis XIV could defend the right of his grandson to inherit the Spanish Empire
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Louis XIV died, at the age of 76, giving reign of France to his five-year old grandson
