September 8, 1621 - Paris - Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, is born
January 6, 1635 - Letter from Count Axel Oxenstierna, in Mainz
November 27, 1636 - Sedan - Letter to King Louis XIII of France
January 6, 1635 - Letter from Count Axel Oxenstierna, in Mainz
November 27, 1636 - Sedan - Letter to King Louis XIII of France
June 13, 1640 - Arras - Beginning of the Siege of Arras =(START)
August 9, 1640 - Arras - Surrender of Arras. The city falls into the hands of the French
February 11, 1641 - Palais-Royal, Paris - 20-year old Condé is forced by his father to marry 13-year old Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé, niece of Cardinal Richelieu
November 4, 1641 - Perpignan - Army of Louis XIII puts siege to Perpignan
March 28, 1642 - Montmeló, Catalonia - Franco-Catalan victory at the Battle of Montmeló
September 9, 1642 - Perpignan - City surrenders to the French
May 19, 1643 - Rocroi - Great Battle of Rocroi - Great French Victory - End of Spanish
Hegemony in Europe
June 1(?), 1644 - Breisach, Rhein - Turenne crosses the Rhine River. Immediately, Condé arrives and joins him
August 3, 1644 - Freiburg, Baden-Württenberg - 1st attempt to recover Freiburg - French victory, torrential rain
August 5, 1644 - Freiburg, Baden-Württenberg - 2nd attempt to recover Freiburg - draw - torrential rain
August 9, 1644 - Freiburg, Baden-Württenberg - 3rd attempt to recover Freiburg - city remains in Bavarian hands
August 25, 1644 - Philippsburg - Condé and Turenne put siege to Philippsburg
September 12, 1644 - Philippsburg - Philippsburg Surrenders
September 15(?), 1644 - Worms - Speculative date - Turenne and Condé capture the city
September 17(?), 1644 - Oppenheim - Speculative date - Turenne and Condé capture the city
September 19(?), 1644 - Mainz - Speculative date - Turenne and Condé capture the city
September 21(?), 1644 - Landau - Speculative date - Turenne and Condé capture the city
October 1(?), 1644 - Paris - Condé returns to Paris
August 3, 1645 - Alerheim, Nördlingen - French victory at the Battle of Nördlingen - Franz von Mercy dies
June 15, 1646 - Courtrai - Storming of Courtrai
August 4, 1646 - Mardyck, Flanders - Condé sieges Mardyck by land. Tromp blocks it by sea
August 25, 1646 - Mardyck, Flanders - Capture of Mardyck, serving Gaston, Duke of Orléans
October 11, 1646 - Dunkirk - Condé captures Dunkirk
December 26, 1646 - Paris - Death of his father, Henri II de Bourbon-Condé. Louis, Duke d'Enghien, becomes the Prince of Condé
May 12, 1647 - Lleida - Condé puts Lleida under siege
June 17, 1647 - Lleida - Condé raises siege without being able to capture Lleida
March 6, 1648 - Dijon - Triumphal entry into the city of Dijon
August 20, 1648 - Lens - Battle of Lens - French decisive victory - End of the 30 years' war
January 1(?), 1649 - Paris - Condé puts siege to Paris with army coming from the border - 1st Fronde
January 18, 1650 - Paris - Mazarin has Condé, Condé's brother and Henri II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville arrested
February 1(?), 1651 - Paris - Beginning of the Condé headed Fronde
July 2, 1652 - Porte Saint-Antoine, Paris - Battle of Faubourg St Antoine - Draw between Turenne and Condé
October 30, 1652 - Rethel - Condé captures Rethel
November 17, 1652 - Spanish Netherlands (Belgium) - Following the failure of the Condé headed Fronde, Condé seeks refuge in the Spanish Netherlands and is named "Generalissimo" of the Spanish Army =(changeflag)
March 27, 1654 - (While in the Spanish Netherlands) - In Paris, the Parliament proclaims the loss of Condé's privileges, political fall and a death sentence
August 23, 1654 - Arras - Arrival of the French armies of Turenne and Spanish of Condé
August 25, 1654 - Arras - Battle of Arras - Victory of the French led by Turenne
July 15, 1656 - Valenciennes - Spanish army of Juan José de Austria and Condé, arrive at Valenciennes
July 16, 1656 - Valenciennes - Battle of Valenciennes - Juan José de Austria and Condé defeat Turenne
June 14, 1658 - Near Dunkirk - Battle of the Dunes - decisive Anglo-French Victory
November 7, 1659 - (While in the Spanish Netherlands) - The Treaty of the Pyrenees between Spain and France is signed. Condé plans his return to France
January 27, 1660 - Aix-en-Provence - Condé begs forgiveness to King Louis XIV and he grants it to him =(originalflag)
June 1(?), 1662 - Tuileries Garden, Paris - Reentry of Condé at the Court during the ceremony of the "Grand Carrousel" and initiation into the system of government under Louis XIV
January(?) 1(?), 1664 - Chateau de Chantilly, N. of Paris - Condé moves to Chateau de Chantilly, north of Paris
January(?) 1(?), 1668 - ? - Condé proposes to Louvois a plan to capture Franche-Comté
February 4, 1668 - Dijon(?) - Franche-Comté border - Condé begins the invasion of Franche-Comté
February 7, 1668 - Besançon - Condé takes Besançon
February 14, 1668 - Dole - Dole is captured after 7 days siege
February 19, 1668 - Gray - Gray falls into the hands of the French
January(?) 1(?), 1669 - Chateau de Chantilly, N. of Paris - Hosts King Casimir of Poland
January(?) 1(?), 1671 - Chateau de Chantilly, N. of Paris - Condé hosts the botanist Paolo Boccone
April 23, 1671 - Chateau de Chantilly, N. of Paris - Condé offers a 3-day banquet for 2,000 people in honor of King Louis XIV, organized by Maître d'hôtel François Vatel
April 24, 1671 - Chateau de Chantilly - Maître d'hôtel François Vatel "is so distraught about the lateness of the seafood delivery and about other mishaps that he commits suicide" (wikipedia)
April 25, 1671 - Chateau de Chantilly - François Vatel's suicide is kept a secret so as not to disturb the guests and the banquet is a success
May 5, 1672 - Sedan - Condé's army stationed at Sedan
June 12, 1672 - River Rhine - Condé crosses the Rhine at the head of the Royal Army
August 11, 1674 - Seneffe, NW Charleroi - Battle of Seneffe - French Victory of Condé over William III
September(?) 1(?), 1674 - Versailles - Reception for Condé at Versailles Palace. The king and Court await for him at the top of the Ambassador's staircase. Already suffering from gout, Condé has difficulty in reaching his cousin, Louis XIV
January(?) 1(?), 1675 - Chateau de Chantilly, N. of Paris - From 1675, Condé starts suffering from gout and needs help for the most basic tasks
January(?) 1(?), 1679 - Chateau de Chantilly, N. of Paris - Hosts the Duchess of Hanover
January(?) 1(?), 1684 - Chateau de Chantilly, N. of Paris - Returning from Flanders, Louis XIV and his court are received by Condé
May 25, 1685 - Palace of Versailles - Marriage of the Duchess of Bourbon, 11-year-old ilegitimate daughter of Louis XIV and Mme de Montespan, with Condé's grandson Louis de Bourbon, 16 years old
October(?) 1(?), 1686 - Palace of Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne - The Duchess of Bourbon contracts smallpox. While her 17-year-old husband doesn't help nurse her back to health, her mother and her grandfather-in-Law, Condé, do.
December 11, 1686 - Palace of Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne - Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, dies of smallpox, contracted from nursing young Duchess of Bourbon, aged 65 =(END)
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| Condé at the Battle of Rocroi, 1643 |
June 1(?), 1644 - Breisach, Rhein - Turenne crosses the Rhine River. Immediately, Condé arrives and joins him
August 3, 1644 - Freiburg, Baden-Württenberg - 1st attempt to recover Freiburg - French victory, torrential rain
August 5, 1644 - Freiburg, Baden-Württenberg - 2nd attempt to recover Freiburg - draw - torrential rain
August 9, 1644 - Freiburg, Baden-Württenberg - 3rd attempt to recover Freiburg - city remains in Bavarian hands
August 25, 1644 - Philippsburg - Condé and Turenne put siege to Philippsburg
September 12, 1644 - Philippsburg - Philippsburg Surrenders
September 15(?), 1644 - Worms - Speculative date - Turenne and Condé capture the city
September 17(?), 1644 - Oppenheim - Speculative date - Turenne and Condé capture the city
September 19(?), 1644 - Mainz - Speculative date - Turenne and Condé capture the city
September 21(?), 1644 - Landau - Speculative date - Turenne and Condé capture the city
October 1(?), 1644 - Paris - Condé returns to Paris
August 3, 1645 - Alerheim, Nördlingen - French victory at the Battle of Nördlingen - Franz von Mercy dies
June 15, 1646 - Courtrai - Storming of Courtrai
August 4, 1646 - Mardyck, Flanders - Condé sieges Mardyck by land. Tromp blocks it by sea
August 25, 1646 - Mardyck, Flanders - Capture of Mardyck, serving Gaston, Duke of Orléans
October 11, 1646 - Dunkirk - Condé captures Dunkirk
December 26, 1646 - Paris - Death of his father, Henri II de Bourbon-Condé. Louis, Duke d'Enghien, becomes the Prince of Condé
May 12, 1647 - Lleida - Condé puts Lleida under siege
June 17, 1647 - Lleida - Condé raises siege without being able to capture Lleida
March 6, 1648 - Dijon - Triumphal entry into the city of Dijon
August 20, 1648 - Lens - Battle of Lens - French decisive victory - End of the 30 years' war
January 1(?), 1649 - Paris - Condé puts siege to Paris with army coming from the border - 1st Fronde
January 18, 1650 - Paris - Mazarin has Condé, Condé's brother and Henri II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville arrested
February 1(?), 1651 - Paris - Beginning of the Condé headed Fronde
July 2, 1652 - Porte Saint-Antoine, Paris - Battle of Faubourg St Antoine - Draw between Turenne and Condé
October 30, 1652 - Rethel - Condé captures Rethel
November 17, 1652 - Spanish Netherlands (Belgium) - Following the failure of the Condé headed Fronde, Condé seeks refuge in the Spanish Netherlands and is named "Generalissimo" of the Spanish Army =(changeflag)
March 27, 1654 - (While in the Spanish Netherlands) - In Paris, the Parliament proclaims the loss of Condé's privileges, political fall and a death sentence
August 23, 1654 - Arras - Arrival of the French armies of Turenne and Spanish of Condé
August 25, 1654 - Arras - Battle of Arras - Victory of the French led by Turenne
July 15, 1656 - Valenciennes - Spanish army of Juan José de Austria and Condé, arrive at Valenciennes
July 16, 1656 - Valenciennes - Battle of Valenciennes - Juan José de Austria and Condé defeat Turenne
June 14, 1658 - Near Dunkirk - Battle of the Dunes - decisive Anglo-French Victory
November 7, 1659 - (While in the Spanish Netherlands) - The Treaty of the Pyrenees between Spain and France is signed. Condé plans his return to France
January 27, 1660 - Aix-en-Provence - Condé begs forgiveness to King Louis XIV and he grants it to him =(originalflag)
June 1(?), 1662 - Tuileries Garden, Paris - Reentry of Condé at the Court during the ceremony of the "Grand Carrousel" and initiation into the system of government under Louis XIV
January(?) 1(?), 1664 - Chateau de Chantilly, N. of Paris - Condé moves to Chateau de Chantilly, north of Paris
January(?) 1(?), 1668 - ? - Condé proposes to Louvois a plan to capture Franche-Comté
February 4, 1668 - Dijon(?) - Franche-Comté border - Condé begins the invasion of Franche-Comté
February 7, 1668 - Besançon - Condé takes Besançon
February 14, 1668 - Dole - Dole is captured after 7 days siege
February 19, 1668 - Gray - Gray falls into the hands of the French
January(?) 1(?), 1669 - Chateau de Chantilly, N. of Paris - Hosts King Casimir of Poland
January(?) 1(?), 1671 - Chateau de Chantilly, N. of Paris - Condé hosts the botanist Paolo Boccone
April 23, 1671 - Chateau de Chantilly, N. of Paris - Condé offers a 3-day banquet for 2,000 people in honor of King Louis XIV, organized by Maître d'hôtel François Vatel
April 24, 1671 - Chateau de Chantilly - Maître d'hôtel François Vatel "is so distraught about the lateness of the seafood delivery and about other mishaps that he commits suicide" (wikipedia)
April 25, 1671 - Chateau de Chantilly - François Vatel's suicide is kept a secret so as not to disturb the guests and the banquet is a success
May 5, 1672 - Sedan - Condé's army stationed at Sedan
June 12, 1672 - River Rhine - Condé crosses the Rhine at the head of the Royal Army
August 11, 1674 - Seneffe, NW Charleroi - Battle of Seneffe - French Victory of Condé over William III
September(?) 1(?), 1674 - Versailles - Reception for Condé at Versailles Palace. The king and Court await for him at the top of the Ambassador's staircase. Already suffering from gout, Condé has difficulty in reaching his cousin, Louis XIV
January(?) 1(?), 1675 - Chateau de Chantilly, N. of Paris - From 1675, Condé starts suffering from gout and needs help for the most basic tasks
January(?) 1(?), 1679 - Chateau de Chantilly, N. of Paris - Hosts the Duchess of Hanover
January(?) 1(?), 1684 - Chateau de Chantilly, N. of Paris - Returning from Flanders, Louis XIV and his court are received by Condé
May 25, 1685 - Palace of Versailles - Marriage of the Duchess of Bourbon, 11-year-old ilegitimate daughter of Louis XIV and Mme de Montespan, with Condé's grandson Louis de Bourbon, 16 years old
October(?) 1(?), 1686 - Palace of Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne - The Duchess of Bourbon contracts smallpox. While her 17-year-old husband doesn't help nurse her back to health, her mother and her grandfather-in-Law, Condé, do.
December 11, 1686 - Palace of Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne - Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, dies of smallpox, contracted from nursing young Duchess of Bourbon, aged 65 =(END)
Bibliography
CHARTRAND, René - "Louis XIV Army", Osprey publishing, 1988
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