The Sun King: King Louis XIV

King Louis XIV's Birth

Sep 5, 1638

King Louis XIV's Life

Period: Sep 5, 1638 to Sep 1, 1715

The Sun King

Louis XIII Dies

May 14, 1643

French Civil War

Period: Oct 11, 1648 to Oct 11, 1653

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 XIV Declared of Age

Oct 11, 1651

King Louis XIV crowned and consecrated at Rheims.

Oct 11, 1654

King Louis XIV travels to Southern and South-western France.

Period: Oct 11, 1658 to Oct 11, 1660

King Louis XIV marries Maria Teresa.

Jun 9, 1660

Silk (click for event)

Oct 11, 1666

Silk manufactures begun in Paris at the Château de Madrid.
Wool manufactures begun at Carcassonne.

Dutch War

Period: Oct 11, 1672 to Oct 11, 1679

Dutch war, beginning with French invasion of the territory of the Republic and developing into a general war. French gains: from Spain, Franche-Comté and western Espanola (renamed Haiti).

Nine Years War

Period: Oct 11, 1688 to Oct 11, 1697

Nine Years War (also called War of Orlêans because of Liselotte's claim to the Palatinate; or the War of the League of Augsburg, somewhat misleadingly, after the 1686 league since not all the signatories took part in the war. The aim of the league was to confine Louis to his 1659 boundaries by moral solidarity and diplomatic pressures.)

The circulation of paper money is enforced.

Oct 11, 1707

The King's final arrangements are completed.

Aug 1, 1715

King Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King, dies.

Sep 1, 1715