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Louis XIV

  • At Age 5 Louis Becomes King

    At Age 5 Louis Becomes King
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    Violent Anti-Mazarin Riots Erupt

  • Cardinal Mazarin dies, Louis at age 22 takes full control of france and apoints Jean-Baptiste Colbart as the new financial advisor of france

    Colbart prevented wealth from leaving france and tried to make france self-sufficient. He wanted france to be ableto make what they needed instead of relying on imports from other countries.
  • Louis XIV invades the Spanish Netherlands

  • Triple Alliance is formed

    The Triple Alliance was an alliance between Sweden, the English and the Dutch. They formed the alliance because the french empire was rapidly growing and they all feared that they would lose there land to the french empire.
  • Louis XIV leads an army into the Dutch Netherlands

  • Treaty of Nijmegen

  • A European wide alliance was formed.

  • Louis cancels the Edict of Nantes

  • War of the Spanish Succesion

  • Treaty of Utrecht

  • Louis XIV died in his bed