September 5, 1638 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Louis Dieudonné, Dauphin of France, is born
April 21, 1643 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Louis XIV is baptized. Cardinal Mazarin is the sponsor
May 14, 1643 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Death of King Louis XIII, aged 41. In his will he instructed that his wife Anne of Austria would not rule in his place as regent
May 18, 1643 - Paris - Anne of Austria has her husband's will annulled by the Parliament of Paris and becomes Regent of France. She declares that Mazarin would be her chief minister and head of her government
June 20, 1643 - Paris - Letter from Queen Christina of Sweden
June 28, 1643 - Paris - Letter from Queen Christina of Sweden
August 7, 1643 - Paris - Letter from Queen Christina of Sweden
September 19, 1643 - Paris - Letter from Queen Christina of Sweden
October 7, 1643 - Paris - Anne of Austria and her two sons leave the Louvre for the Palace-Cardinal, which becomes "Palais-Royal"
December 10, 1643 - Paris - André Le Nôtre receives from Louis XIV the patent of designer of the royal gardens
February 6, 1644 - Paris - Letter from Queen Christina of Sweden
January 9, 1645 - Paris - Letter from Queen Christina of Sweden
May 12, 1646 - Compiègne - Anne of Austria and Louis XIV travel to the Abbey of Saint-Corneille, in Compiègne
June 3, 1646 - Amiens - Anne of Austria and Louis XIV spend Corpus Christi in Amiens, where the king attends the rally for the annual war campaign in Flanders
August 2, 1647 - Dieppe - Louis XIV, Anne of Austria, Mazarin and the court arrive in Dieppe
August 3, 1647 - Dieppe - The King attends a simulacrum of naval combat
November 11, 1647 - Paris - Louis XIV falls ill with smallpox
November 21, 1647 - Paris - The king's condition worsens
November 29, 1647 - Paris - Mazarin announces to diplomats the reestablishment of the king
September 13, 1648 - Rueil-Malmaison, W. of Paris - The royal family leaves Paris for Rueil
September 22, 1648 - Rueil-Malmaison - Condé joins the royal family in Rueil
October 31, 1648 - Paris - Anne of Austria and Louis XIV return to Paris
December 6, 1648 - Paris - Colbert becomes king's advisor by letters patent
January 6, 1649 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Mazarin secretly takes Louis XIV, Anne of Austria and the court to the safety of Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
January 7, 1649 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - The king orders the transfer of Parliament to Montargis . He is not obeyed
January 12, 1649 - While in Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Capture of the Arsenal and the Bastille by the Frondeurs
March 14, 1649 - While in Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Mazarin accepts many of the reforms demanded by the Parliament. In return, the Parliament supporters laid down their weapons and allowed Mazarin, Louis XIV and Anne of Austria to return to Paris
March 17, 1649 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Resumption of negotiations between the Court and the Fronde at the Château de Saint-Germain
March 30, 1649 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Saint-Germain-en-Laye agreements, accepted by the Parliament of Paris
April 30, 1649 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - The Court departs for Compiègne
July 13, 1649 - Compiègne - Gondi arrives in Compiègne to invite on behalf of the Parisians, Anne of Austria and Louis XIV to return to Paris
August 18, 1649 - Paris - Triumphal entry of the king into Paris
February 1, 1650 - Paris - The Royal family and Mazarin depart for Rouen
February 5, 1650 - Rouen - Louis XIV and Mazarin arrive in Rouen
February 24, 1650 - Paris - The Court is back in Paris
March 5, 1650 - Paris - The Court departs for Dijon
March 21, 1650 - Seurre, S. of Dijon - Louis XIV visits the Duke of Vendôme, who laid siege to Bellegarde (Seurre)
April 21, 1650 - Seurre - The royal army enters Seurre
May 2, 1650 - Paris - The Court returns to Paris
June 2, 1650 - Paris - The Court departs for Compiègne
June 29, 1650 - Compiègne - Louis XIV and Mazarin leave Compiègne for Paris
July 4, 1650 - Paris - The Court leaves Paris for Guyenne
August 11, 1650 - Island of Saint-Georges, upstream of Bordeaux - The royal troops seize the island of Saint-Georges , upstream of Bordeaux
August 26, 1650 - Cenon - Mazarin arrives at camp Cenon and shows the young Louis XIV, the top of a hill, the city of Bordeaux under siege
September 5, 1650 - Cenon(?) - The royal army begins the attack on Bordeaux
September 28, 1650 - Bourg - Peace is signed between the Court and the Bordelais
October 5, 1650 - Bordeaux - Louis XIV and Anne of Austria solemnly enter Bordeaux
November 7, 1650 - Fontainebleu - The Court arrives in Fontainebleu
November 15, 1650 - Paris - The Court returns to Paris
April 18, 1651 - Versailles - Louis XIV visits Versailles for the first time
July 31, 1651 - Paris - Condé finds the King in Paris and salutes him from his carriage
September 7, 1651 - Paris - Parliament of Paris declares 13-year-old Louis XIV of full age. Anne of Austria ceases to be regent and becomes head of the Council =(START)
September 27, 1651 - Fontainebleu - The Court leaves Paris for Fontainebleu to fight the army of Condé
October 7, 1651 - Bourges - The Court arrives in Bourges
October 8, 1651 - Bourges - Declaration of the King against Condé
October 25, 1651 - Poitiers - The Court leaves Bourges for Poitiers to monitor the pacification of the west and South-west in revolt
December 12, 1651 - Poitiers(?) - Louis XIV recalls Cardinal Mazarin
February 28, 1652 - Poitiers(?) - The Court decides to return to Paris
March 10, 1652 - Tours - The Court reaches Tours
March 12, 1652 - Amboise - The Court reaches Amboise
March 15, 1652 - Blois - The Court arrives at Blois
April 1, 1652 - Gien, SE Orléans - The Court arrives in Gien
April 4, 1652 - Gien - The royal army cross the Loire River at Gien before Louis XIV
April 8, 1652 - Gien - The King leaves Gien for Saint-Germain via Melun, escorted by Turenne's troops
April 23, 1652 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Turenne's troops camp at Châtres to protect the court at Saint-Germain (as the princes army occupies Étampes)
May 24, 1652 - Melun - The Court moves to Melun
May 28, 1652 - Étampes - Mazarin brings Louis XIV to Étampes
June 28, 1652 - Saint-Denis - The Court is at Saint-Denis. Mazarin allows bread to be delivered to the Parisians, on condition that they maintain strict neutrality in the battle which will be fought
July 17, 1652 - Pontoise - The Court settles in Pontoise
July 30, 1652 - While in Pontoise - End of the unity of the "Fronde of the Princes", when the Duke of Nemours is killed by his brother-in-law, the Duke of Beaufort, in a pistol duel behind Hôtel de Vendôme
July 31, 1652 - Pontoise - Louis XIV signs a declaration ordering the transfer to Pontoise of the Parliament of Paris
August 6, 1652 - Pontoise - Louis XIV summons members of Parliament to Pontoise who intend to remain faithful to him. Fourteen parliamentarians who left discreetly from Paris went there one by one. They held their first meeting on August 7 in the barn of the Cordeliers convent and recorded the royal declaration which installed them in Pontoise. They respectfully ask the king to remove Mazarin
August 12, 1652 - Pontoise - Louis XIV promises to remove Mazarin to restore civil peace
August 21, 1652 - Compiègne - The Court moves to Compiègne
August 26, 1652 - Compiègne - The king grants an amnesty to his rebellious subjects, but the princes reject it
September 17, 1652 - Compiègne - Order from the king authorizing the Parisians to take up arms against the Frondeurs with a view to “reestablishing rest and complete obedience to His Majesty”
September 28, 1652 - Pontoise - The court returns to Pontoise
October 17, 1652 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - The Court moves to Saint-Germain-en-Laye
October 21, 1652 - Paris - Re-enters Paris with Anne of Austria and Turenne
October 26, 1652 - Paris - The king decides to recall Cardinal Mazarin
December 16, 1652 - Paris - Orders from the king to arrest cardinal de Retz
February 3, 1653 - Paris - Le Bourget - Mazarin returns triumphantly to Paris. Louis XIV meets him at Le Bourget
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| 15-year-old Louis XIV as Apollo, the "Sun-King", 1653 |
"Ballet Royal de la Nuit" as Apollo, the Sun-King. The Dauphin is impressed by Lully
July 4, 1653 - Paris - Louis XIV and Mazarin attend a fireworks display on the Place de Grève. Banquet offered by the municipality
September 9, 1653 - Mouzon - Turenne (with the king) lays siege to Mouzon
September 28, 1653 - Mouzon - Turenne captures Mouzon in presence of the king
October 22, 1653 - Sainte-Menehould - Turenne (with the king) lays siege to Sainte-Menehould
November 26, 1653 - Sainte-Menehould - Turenne captures Sainte-Menehould in presence of the king
March 21, 1654 - Paris - Louis XIV, followed by the dukes of Guise, Joyeuse, d'Épernon, de Candale, the marshals of Gramont, Plessis-Praslin, the archbishop of Reims and the bishop of Beauvais move to the parliament of Paris to order that Condé be judged in absentia. In presence of the king and the peers of France, the assembled chambers of parliament condemn the prince of Condé (who is deprived of the name of Bourbon) to the death penalty for high treason. Viole, Lenet, de Persan and Marsin are convincted of lèse-majesté and felony and condemned to have their heads cut off. For the time being, they are executed in effigy (in absentia) at Place de Grève
May 30, 1654 - Paris - The Court leaves Paris for Reims
June 7, 1654 - Reims - Coronation of King Louis XIV in Reims. Gaston d'Orléans refuses to attend
June 24, 1654 - Rethel - Louis XIV and Mazarin attend a preaching by Cosnac in Rethel, who is made bishop of Valence
June 28, 1654 - Rethel - The Court moves to Sedan
July 1, 1654 - Sedan - Louis XIV orders the production of a copper coin, the "liard"
August 6, 1654 - Stenay - Capture of Stenay in presence of the king
August 13, 1654 - Péronne - The Court moves to Péronne
April 13, 1655 - Paris - Session of the "flagellation" in Parliament: during a litigation, Louis XIV brutally intimates the magistrates to have to obey him. Having learned that the Parliament will allow itself to deliberate on edicts recorded in its presence, the king reprimends it, proceeding "in a strange and very different way from that of its predecessors". 16-year-old Louis XIV, in hunting clothes, says: "Monsieur le first president, I forbid you to suffer any assembly and not one of you to ask for it". It was on this occasion that Louis XIV was credited with the apocryphal phrase: “The State is me”
May 7, 1655 - Paris - Letter to Pope Alexander VII demanding the punishment of Retz
July 14, 1655 - Landrecies - Turenne captures Landrecies
July 23, 1655 - Guise - The king arrives in Guise
September 7, 1655 - Paris - The Court returns to Paris
November 3, 1655 - Paris - First treaty between France and England against Spain
April 27, 1656 - Paris - Royal Edict establishing the general hospital for the confinement of the poor beggars of the city of Paris
May 25, 1656 - Saint-Mandé - Nicolas Fouquet receives the whole court at Saint-Mandé
June 1, 1656 - Paris - The king gives full powers to Hugues de Lionne to begin secret peace talks with Don Luis de Haro in Madrid
September 20(?), 1656 - Compiègne - Queen Christina of Sweden is officially received by the Court
December 29, 1656 - Paris - Louis XIV begins an affair with Marie Mancini
January 1, 1657 - Paris - Attends a preaching by Cosnac, with Anne of Austria
March 23, 1657 - Paris - Treaty of Paris between France and England. Mazarin concludes a secret military alliance with Cromwell intended to drive the Spaniards from maritime Flanders in exchange for the city of Dunkirk
August 5, 1657 - Montmédy - Turenne captures Montmédy in presence of Louis XIV
August 27, 1657 - Saint-Venant - Turenne captures Saint-Venant in presence of Louis XIV
November 11, 1657 - Saint-Martin - Fouquet receives king Louis XIV and Cardinal Mazarin
January 7, 1658 - Louvre Palace, Paris - Performance of "Astyanax or the Hero of France" before the Court
February 4, 1658 - Luxembourg Palace, Paris - Ball in Luxembourg Palace
April 25, 1658 - Paris - The Court leaves Paris
May 25, 1658 - Near Dunkirk - Turenne (with Louis XIV) attacks Dunkirk
June 25, 1658 - Dunkirk - As promised, Louis XIV himself gives William Lockhart the keys to the city
June 29, 1658 - Calais - Louis XIV falls seriously ill with food poisoning
July 8, 1658 - Calais - The king recovers his health
July 22, 1658 - Calais - The king leaves Calais lying in a coach to recover in Compiègne
July 25(?), 1658 - Compiègne - Arrives in Compiègne
July 28, 1658 - Fontainebleu - The court departs for Saint-Jean-de-Luz
August 14, 1658 - Paris - Returns to Paris
October 24, 1658 - Louvre Palace, Paris - Successful performance of Pierre Corneille's "Nicomède" and Molière's "Le Docteur Amoureux" in front of Louis XIV, Anne of Austria and the Court at the Louvre
October 26, 1658 - Paris - After hearing mass at Notre Dame, the court leaves Paris for Lyon
November 18, 1658 - Dijon - "Bed of justice" of the king in the Parliament of Dijon
November 24, 1658 - Lyon - The court arrives in Lyon
December 15(?), 1658 - Lyon - An envoy of the King of Spain, Don Antonio Pimentel, arrives incognito in Lyon. He offers Mazarin to give the hand of the Infanta Marie-Thérèse to Louis XIV
January 13, 1659 - Lyon - The court departs for Paris
January 28, 1659 - Paris - The Court arrives in Paris
May 18, 1659 - Paris - Louis XIV receives the spanish envoy Don Antonio Pimentel
June 21, 1659 - Paris - Louis XIV says goodbye to Marie Mancini
July 17, 1659 - Vaux - The court visits Vaux. Fouquet offers the court a country snack
August 19, 1659 - Bordeaux - The Court arrives in Bordeaux
October 6, 1659 - Bordeaux - The Court leaves Bordeaux for Toulouse
October 14, 1659 - Toulouse - Louis XIV makes his entrance in Toulouse
November 7, 1659 - While in Toulouse - Signing of the Treaty of the Pyrenees and the marriage contract of Louis XIV and Maria Teresa of Austria at the Isle of Pheasants, French-Spanish Border
December 28, 1659 - Toulouse - The court departs for Montpellier
January 5, 1660 - Montpellier - The Court arrives in Montpellier
January 9, 1660 - Nîmes - The Court arrives in Nîmes
January 17, 1660 - Aix-en-Provence - The Court arrives in Aix-en-Provence
January 27, 1660 - Aix-en-Provence - Condé begs forgiveness to King Louis XIV and he grants it to him
February 7, 1660 - Toulon - The Court arrives in Toulon
February 23, 1660 - Aix-en-Provence - The Court returns to Aix-en-Provence
March 2, 1660 - Marseille - The King makes his entrance in Marseille
March 4, 1660 - Château d'If - Excursion to the Château d'If
March 8, 1660 - Aix-en-Provence - The Court returns to Aix-en-Provence
March 19, 1660 - Avignon - The Court reaches Avignon
April 1(?), 1660 - Montpellier - The court reaches Montpellier. Mazarin suffers an acute attack of gout
April 8, 1660 - Narbonne - The court arrives in Narbonne without Mazarin, who stays behind in Montpellier with an acute attack of gout
April 20, 1660 - Toulouse - The court arrives in Toulouse
April 30, 1660 - Dax - The court arrives in Dax
May 1, 1660 - Bayonne - The Court reaches Bayonne
May 8, 1660 - Saint-Jean-de-Luz (southwestern corner of France) - The Court reaches Saint-Jean-de-Luz
June 6, 1660 - Isle of Pheasants, French-Spanish Border - Meeting of Philip IV of Spain and Louis XIV on the island of the Pheasants; the two kings swear to faithfully execute the treaties. Philip IV is presented to Turenne and addresses his sister, Queen Anne of Austria: “here is a man who made me spend many bad nights"
June 7, 1660 - Isle of Pheasants - Louis XIV and his court meet Maria Teresa of Spain
June 9, 1660 - Saint-Jean-de-Luz - Louis XIV marries Maria Teresa of Spain (who becomes known as Marie-Thérèse)
June 23, 1660 - Bordeaux - The Court arrives in Bordeaux
June 27, 1660 - Brouage - The king leaves the court to visit Brouage and cry at the place of his love affair with Marie Mancini
July 8, 1660 - Chambord - Condé and the Duc d'Enghien arrive to greet the King at Chambord
July 10, 1660 - Vaux - Fouquet receives the King and the Queen in Vaux
July 13, 1660 - Fontainebleu - The Court returns to Fontainebleu
August 26, 1660 - Paris - The newlyweds make the traditional "Joyous Entry" into Paris
October 25, 1660 - Versailles - Louis XIV leads Marie-Thérèse (Maria Teresa of Austria) to Versailles
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| Louis XIV, 1661 |
February 22, 1661 - Louvre Palace - The king dances the "ballet of Impatience" at the Louvre
February 26, 1661 - Louvre Palace - The king dances the "ballet of Impatience" at the Louvre
February 28, 1661 - Louvre Palace - The king dances the "ballet of Impatience" at the Louvre
March 1(?), 1661 - Vincennes - Letters Patent of the King to Establish a Royal Academy of Dance in the City of Paris
March 9, 1661 - Vincennes - After Mazarin's death, Louis XIV proclaims his political majority, telling ministers that from then on he would be his own Prime Minister
April 20, 1661 - Fontainebleu - The court moves to Fontainebleu
May 4, 1661 - Fontainebleu - Louis XIV secretly decides upon Nicolas Fouquet's disgrace
July 22, 1661 - While in Fontainebleu - The Marquis de Créquy, protegé of Fouquet, takes the oath for the office of captain general of the galleys. This appointment allows Fouquet to take control of the Toulon and Marseille fleets. Louis XIV learns of this and shows himself to be very irritated
July 23, 1661 - Fontainebleu - The "Ballet des Saisons" is danced at Fontainebleu. Louise de La Vallière plays the role of Nymph there and becomes Louis XIV's mistress
August 17, 1661 - Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, Maincy SE Paris - Fouquet throws a splendid inauguration party of the Vaux-le-Vicomte castle. Performance of the Ballet-Comedy "Les Fâcheux" before Louis XIV and his Court. Music by Lully
August 29, 1661 - Fontainebleu - The king departs for Nantes
September 1, 1661 - Nantes - Louis XIV arrives in Nantes
September 2, 1661 - Nantes - Louis XIV summons D'Artagnan. He was feverish and presented himself in a bad state before the king. He postpones the arrest of Nicolas Fouquet for two or three days for d'Artagnan to recover
September 5, 1661 - While in Nantes - Nicolas Fouquet is arrested by D'Artagnan, by orders of Louis XIV
November 1, 1661 - Fontainebleu - The "Grand Dauphin" Louis is born
December 5, 1661 - Paris - The court moves to Paris
December 8, 1661 - Chartres - Religious trip to Chartres, with the Queen
March 24, 1662 - Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Baptism ceremony of the Grand Dauphin
June 5, 1662 - Tuileries Garden, Paris - Ceremony of the "Grand Carrousel" near the Louvre, to celebrate the birth of the Dauphin
August 1, 1662 - Paris - Louis XIV and around him Séguier, Turenne and Villeroy, receives the presidents of chambers and six advisers of the Chamber of Justice and accuses them of violating his judgments.
October 11, 1662 - Paris - The king summons magistrate Lamoignon to the Louvre and tells him that he has chosen the two rapporteurs of Fouquet's trial
October 27, 1662 - Paris - Treaty between France and England. Purchase of Dunkirk and Mardyck for £400,000 from Charles II of England
November 18, 1662 - Paris - Birth of princess Anne-Élisabeth de France
December 2, 1662 - Dunkirk - Louis XIV enters Dunkirk in triumph
December 30, 1662 - Paris - Princess Anne-Élisabeth dies in infancy
January 6, 1663 - Louvre Palace, Paris - Banquet at the Louvre, at the end of which Molière's "École des femmes" is played, for great amusement of the king, the queen-mother and Colbert
January 8, 1663 - Louvre Palace - Benserade's "Ballet des Arts" is played at Court. The king dances with Lully's music
February 24, 1663 - Paris - Louis XIV dissolves the compagnie de la Nouvelle-France
September 15, 1663 - Versailles - The court moves to Versailles
October 14, 1663 - Versailles - Molière's "L'impromptu de Versailles" is performed in Versailles
November 18, 1663 - Paris - Oath of renewal of the alliance between France and the Swiss at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in the presence of Louis XIV and Swiss ambassadors such as Leonhard Meyer
December 19, 1663 - Paris - Birth of the king's first child with Louise de Vallière, Charles de Bourbon
January 29, 1664 - Louvre Palace, Paris - Performance of Molière's "Le Mariage Forcé". Music by Lully
February 13, 1664 - Palais-Royal - Ballet de Cour - Les Amours déguisés
May 7, 1664 - Palace of Versailles - Young King Louis XIV offers 3 days of entertainment to some six hundred guests under the title "Les Plaisirs de l'Ile enchanté"
May 12, 1664 - Palace of Versailles - Premiere of "Tartuffe" as part of the festivities known as "Les Plaisirs de l'Ile enchanté". It causes scandal and censorship
June 6, 1664 - Fontainebleu - Cardinal de Retz arrives to pay his respects to Louis XIV in Fontainebleu
August 3, 1664 - Fontainebleu - First meeting of the Royal Council of Commerce. Lully's incidental music between the acts of "Oedipe", by Pierre Corneille
August 10, 1664 - Paris - The king asks Fouquet and the chamber of justice to join him in Paris
November 16, 1664 - Paris - Daughter Marie Anne is born
November 18, 1664 - Paris - Viaticum is administered to the Queen
November 19, 1664 - Paris - Fouquet's mother applies a plaster to the Queen and heals her
December 26, 1664 - Paris - Daughter Marie Anne dies in infancy
June 13, 1665 - Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris - Performance of "La Coquette ou Le Favori" for King Louis XIV, which gives his protection to the troupe, which becomes "La troupe du Roi au Palais-Royal"
September 22, 1665 - Palace of Versailles - Premiere of "L'Amour médecin" in front of Louis XIV. Music by Lully
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| Louis XIV and Colbert, 1666 |
January 22, 1666 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - The king moves to Saint-Germain-en-Laye
January 26, 1666 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - France declares WAR against England
June 4, 1666 - Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris - Premiere of Molière's "Le Misanthrope"
August 6, 1666 - Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris - Premiere of Molière's "Le Médecin malgré lui"
January 2, 1667 - (Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris) - Daughter Marie Thérèse is born
January 5, 1667 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Louis XIV plays a moorish gentleman in Molière's "Le Sicilien"
March 31, 1667 - While in Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Treaty of Lisbon - Offensive and defensive alliance between France and Portugal in the War of Devolution
May 8, 1667 - While in Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Ultimatum to the Queen-Regent of Spain to claim part of his wife's inheritance
May 24, 1667 - While in Saint-Germain-en-Laye - French troops invade Flanders and occupy Armentières. The War of Devolution begins
July 30, 1667 - Arras - Louis XIV and Marie-Thérèse enter in Arras
August 6, 1667 - Termonde (Dendermonde) - Louis XIV lays siege to Termonde. The besieged break the dikes and the siege is lifted
August 11, 1667 - Lille - Louis XIV and Vauban lay siege to Lille
August 28, 1667 - Lille - Lille is captured
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| Palace of Versailles, 1668 |
February 2, 1668 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Louis XIV leaves Saint-Germain to personally accompany the Army
February 13, 1668 - Dole - Dole is captured after 7 days siege
February 24, 1668 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Louis XIV returns to Saint-Germain
March 24, 1668 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Celebration of the baptism of the Grand Dauphin, now 7 years old, with the motet "Plaude laetare Gallia" by Lully
July 18, 1668 - Versailles - Grand Divissement Royal to celebrate the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. Performance of Molière's "George Dandin" with music by Lully
August 5, 1668 - (Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris) - Son Philippe Charles (Duke of Anjou) is born
October 24, 1668 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - The king receives Antoine Arnauld
February 13, 1669 - Tuileries Palace - Ballet de Cour - Ballet Royal de Flore
June 28, 1669 - Tuileries Palace(?) - Louis XIV signs the "Privilege granted to Sieur Perrin for the establishment of an Academy of Opera in music & french verse"
February 7, 1670 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Louis XIV plays both Neptune and Apollo in Molière's "Les Amants magnifiques"
June 1, 1670 - While in Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Treaty of Dover, signed between Louis XIV and Charles II of England
October 14, 1670 - Chambord - Performance of "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme". Music by Lully
November 24, 1670 - Paris - Louis XIV initiates the project of "Les Invalides" by an order for a home and hospital for aged and unwell soldiers
December 19, 1670 - Tuileries Palace - Louis XIV receives an embassy of the King of Ardra, Toxunu
January 17, 1671 - Théâtre des Tuileries, Paris - Performance of "Psyché" before the Royal Court, with music by Lully
April 23, 1671 - Château 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 - Château 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 - Château de Chantilly - François Vatel's suicide is kept a secret so as not to disturb the guests and the banquet is a success
July 10, 1671 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Son Philippe Charles (Duke of Anjou) dies, less than 3 years old
July 17, 1671 - While in Saint-Germain-en-Laye - The Royal visit to the port of Rochefort and to the "Soleil-Royal" is cancelled
January 23, 1672 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Louis XIV informs the governor general of the French islands of America, Jean-Charles de Baas, of his resolution to wage war on Holland and asks him to speed up the construction of the Fort-Royal in Martinique with a view to inevitable Dutch attack on the French islands
March 1, 1672 - (Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris) - Daughter Marie Thérèse dies aged 5
April 6, 1672 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye(?) - Louis XIV announces the beginning of the War between France and the United Provinces
May 5, 1672 - Charleroi - Louis XIV arrives in Charleroi
May 11, 1672 - Charleroi - Turenne, with Louis XIV leaves Charleroi and invades the Spanish Netherlands
June 12, 1672 - Lobith, Rhine River, Netherlands - Louis XIV crosses the Rhine at Lobith
June 14, 1672 - While between Arnhem and Doetinchem - Son Louis François (Duke of Anjou) is born
June 21, 1672 - Doesburg, Netherlands - Louis XIV takes Doesburg
June 30, 1672 - Utrecht - Louis XIV is offered the city keys of Utrecht, as its magistrates formally surrender
July 3, 1672 - Nijmegen - Turenne attacks Nijmegen
July 26, 1672 - 's-Hertogenbosch - Louis XIV becomes impatient and lifts the siege
November 4, 1672 - (While in the Netherlands) - Son Louis François (Duke of Anjou) dies in infancy
June 10, 1673 - Maastricht - Louis XIV arrives in Maastricht to join his army
June 14, 1673 - Maastricht - Louis XIV inspects the assembly of the siege lines and the digging of trenches
June 30, 1673 - Maastricht - Louis XIV enters Maastricht after the city surrenders
July(?) 1(?), 1673 - Maastricht - Louis XIV is so impressed with Marlborough's courage that he sends word to Charles II
December 19, 1673 - Versailles(?) - Louis XIV legitimises the children he had with his mistress in a legitimisation process that is recognized with letters patent from the Parliament of Paris
April 3, 1674 - Versailles - Marlborough receives the post of Colonel of the French army, from Louis XIV
July 4, 1674 - Versailles - Feasts begin in Versailles to celebrate the reconquest of Franche-Comté. Performance of Lully's "Alceste"
July 28, 1674 - Versailles - Performance of Lully's opera "Feasts of Love and Bacchus"
August 31, 1674 - Versailles - Last day of feasts to celebrate the reconquest of Franche-Comté
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
May 11, 1675 - Maastricht - Louis XIV accompanies the army
February 20, 1676 - Versailles - Letter to Abraham Duquesne, congratulating him
April 26, 1676 - Condé-sur-l'Escaut - Louis XIV captures the city of Condé-sur-l'Escaut
July 8, 1676 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - The king returns to Saint-Germain-en-Laye. He reconnects with the Marquise de Montespan
May 4, 1677 - While in Saint-Germain-en-Laye(?) - Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, Louis XIV's daughter with Marquise de Montespan, is born in Maintenon
September 9, 1677 - Fontainebleu - "Te Deum" performed in Fontainebleu for the baptism of the elder son of Lully, godson of Louis XIV
March 9, 1678 - Ghent, Belgium - Louis XIV takes Ghent
March 18, 1678 - Ypres, Belgium - Louis XIV and Vauban's troops start digging approach trenches towards Ypres
March 25, 1678 - Ypres - Capitulation of Ypres
August 4, 1679 - Fontainebleu(?) - To thank Duquesne for his services in the war, Louis XIV offers him 200,000 "livres" to buy a piece of land of his own choice
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| Louis XIV, 1680 |
July 26, 1680 - Dunkirk - Inspecting the stronghold of Dunkirk
August 18, 1680 - Charleville - Louis orders the merger of the "troupes" of the HôtelGuénégaud and the Hôtel de Bourgogne
January 11, 1681 - Versailles(?) - Secret treaty of mutual assistance between Louis XIV and Frederick William I of Brandenburg
May 4, 1681 - Versailles - Receives a russian embassy in Versailles
July 8, 1681 - While in Versailles(?) - Charles III, Duke of Mantua, grants Louis XIV the power to garrison the citadel of Casale Monferrato
October 23, 1681 - Strasbourg - Louis XIV enters Strasbourg
January 4, 1682 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Louis XIV receives Mohammad Temin, ambassador of the Sultan of Morocco
May 6, 1682 - Palace of Versailles - Official move of the royal court to Versailles
August 6, 1682 - Versailles - First grandson, Louis de France (Duc of Bourgogne) is born
July 25, 1683 - Versailles - Marie-Thérèse falls ill
July 30, 1683 - Versailles - Marie-Thérèse dies, aged 44
October 9, 1683 - Versailles - Morganatic marriage of Louis XIV with Madame de Maintenon
December 19, 1683 - Palace of Versailles - Grandson Philippe (Future Felipe V) is born
July 4, 1684 - Versailles - Louis XIV receives an embassy of Algiers
September 15, 1684 - Versailles - Michael Shen Fu-Tsung, a chinese convert to Catholicism, is presented to King Louis XIV. He demonstrates how to use chopsticks and how to write chinese characters
September 18, 1684 - Versailles - Siamese Embassy in Versailles. Narai, King of Siam and his adviser, the Greek Constantine Phaulkon, seek French aid to resist the Dutch attempts to monopolize the country's foreign trade
May 1, 1685 - Versailles - Work on the "Eure Canal" begins, to supply water to the Palace of Versailles
May 15, 1685 - Palace of Versailles - Louis XIV receives the Doge of Genoa, following the bombardment of Genoa
October 18, 1685 - Versailles(?) - Louis XIV issues the Edict of Fontainebleau, which cited the redundancy of privileges for Protestants given their scarcity after the extensive conversions. The Edict of Fontainebleau revoked the Edict of Nantes and repealed all the privileges that arose therefrom. By his edict, the king no longer tolerated the existence of Protestant groups, pastors, or churches in France. No further churches were to be constructed, and those already existing were to be demolished. Pastors could choose either exile or a secular life. Those Protestants who had resisted conversion were now to be baptised forcibly into the established church
September 1, 1686 - Palace of Versailles - Louis XIV receives a Siamese Embassy. Kosa Pan, the ambassador, presents Louis XIV with a letter from King Narai
November 18, 1686 - Versailles(?) - Louis XIV undergoes "a painful operation for an anal fistula that is performed by the surgeon Charles Felix de Tassy, who prepares a specially shaped curved scalpel for the occasion. The wound takes more than two months to heal" (wikipedia)
January 30, 1687 - Paris - Official reconciliation of Louis XIV and the capital during a dinner at the town hall of Paris
June 8, 1687 - Versailles - The king works with Mansart on the design of the second Trianon at Versailles
January 22, 1688 - Paris - Parliament of Paris - Louis XIV refers to the threat of excommunication from Pope Innocent XI to him and his ministers
August(?) 5(?), 1688 - Paris - Forbin meets the Minister of the Navy, Seignelay, who presents him to King Louis XIV
January 4, 1689 - Versailles - Louis XIV receives Lauzun in Versailles
January 8, 1689 - Versailles - Louis XIV receives King James II of England in Versailles
January 22, 1689 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Louis XIV receives King James II of England in Saint-Germain-en-Laye
January 26, 1689 - Saint-Cyr - Performance of Racine's "Esther" in presence of the King and the Dauphin
June 17(?), 1689 - Versailles - Forbin is made Capitaine de Vaisseau by King Louis XIV. He shares the story of his captivity with the king
April 20, 1690 - Palace of Versailles - Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria dies, aged 29
October 20, 1690 - Fontainebleu - Audience for Lauzun at Fontainebleu
January 5, 1691 - Versailles - Performance of Racine's "Athalie" in presence of the King and the Dauphin
March 21, 1691 - Mons - Louis XIV and members of his court join the army at the Front
April 10, 1691 - Mons - The french take Mons, after conditions of surrender are agreed on April 8th
February 18, 1692 - While in Namur - Mademoiselle de Blois, natural daughter of Louis XIV,
marries Philippe d'Orléans, future regent
marries Philippe d'Orléans, future regent
May 10, 1692 - Versailles - Louis XIV and members of his court leave Versailles for Flanders
May 26, 1692 - Namur, Belgium - Louis XIV arrives at the front line with the main Army
June 30, 1692 - Namur - Namur is captured
July 2, 1692 - Namur - Louis XIV and his entourage leave Namur
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| Louis XIV, crowned after the vitctory of Namur, 1692 |
January 21, 1693 - Versailles - Louis XIV receives Frederick, Royal Prince of Denmark, in Versailles
May 18, 1693 - Heidelberg, Germany - Louis XIV attacks Heidelberg
May 23, 1693 - Heidelberg - Heidelberg falls
June 1(?), 1693 - Netherlands - Louis XIV decides to leave the Netherlands and never again exercise military commmand
November 4, 1696 - Montargis - The king receives in Montargis the young Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, intended to marry the Duke of Burgundy
May 25, 1698 - Versailles - Louis XIV receives the Prince heir of the Grand-Duchy of Tuscany in Versailles
January 28, 1699 - Paris - Louis XIV appoints Malebranche Honorary Academician (first holder) to the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris
February 16, 1699 - Paris - Louis XIV meets with Abdallah ben Aisha, moroccan admiral and ambassador to France and England
October 2, 1700 - While in Versailles(?) - Charles II of Spain designates the Duke of Anjou (Philip V) as his successor
November 1, 1700 - While in Versailles(?) - Death of Charles II of Spain. Philip V is crowned King of Spain.
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| Louis XIV, 1701 |
June 9, 1701 - Versailles - Philippe d'Orléans, Louis XIV's brother dies in the Château de
Saint-Cloud, aged 60
Saint-Cloud, aged 60
September 6, 1701 - Versailles - Louis XIV proclaims James's son (James III) the rightful next king of Britain. Louis XIV's action alarms the British, drawing the two countries closer to the brink of military conflict
September 7, 1701 - While in Versailles - Signing of the Grand Alliance against France. The War of the Spanish Succession begins
January 1(?), 1702 - Versailles - The portrait of Louis XIV by Rigaud is presented to the king and his court at Versailles: it is very successful and several copies are ordered from the Rigaud workshop
February 14, 1707 - Paris - Vauban's secretly published book, "Projet d'une tîme royale", demanding a single tax for all, is seized by order of the king
March 15, 1709 - Versailles - Highest point of Louis XIV's unpopularity, when wheat prices are multiplied by six from January to May. Snows begin melting from a record cold Winter, flooding the River Seine and making it impossible to supply Paris. 630,000 people die from 1709 to 1710
April 15, 1709 - Versailles - Paris is supplies for the first time in three months
February 15, 1710 - Versailles - Birth of the Duke of Anjou, future Louis XV
April 14, 1711 - (Château de Meudon) - Louis, the Grand Dauphin, dies of smallpox, aged 49. His son the Duke of Burgundy is declared Dauphin
December 2, 1711 - Versailles - The King of France entrusts Jacques Cassard with a squadron intended to devastate the English, Dutch and Portuguese colonies
April 11, 1713 - Versailles - The Treaty of Utrecht is signed between France and Great Britain, France and Brandenburg, France and Portugal and France and Savoy
August 2, 1714 - Versailles - Louis XIV signs his will which estrablishes a council of regency
February 19, 1715 - Palace of Versailles - Mohammad Reza Beg, the persian Ambassador, is received by Louis XIV, the future Louis XV and the princes
May 23, 1715 - Palace of Versailles - Louis XIV declares that his legitimate sons are assimilated to "princes of the blood"
August 10, 1715 - Palace of Versailles - The king complains of pain in his leg. His doctors think of sciatica but in fact he has gangrene
August 13, 1715 - Palace of Versailles - Last audience with Mohammad Reza Beg, Safavid ambassador
August 19, 1715 - Palace of Versailles - The king is diagnosed with gangrene
September 1, 1715 - Palace of Versailles - King Louis XIV dies of gangrene, aged 76. He is succeeded by his 5-year-old great-grandson Louis XV, under the regency of the Duke of Orléans =(END)
