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Louis XIV of France

Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...

Timeline of Events

1643

5.14.1643

Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.

1654

6.7.1654

Louis XIV is crowned King of France.

1660

12.31.1660

James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.

1661

9.5.1661

Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers.

1664

5.7.1664

Louis XIV of France inaugurates the Palace of Versailles.

1670

5.26.1670

In Dover, England, Charles II of Great Britain and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover.

1672

4.29.1672

Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.

1682

5.6.1682

Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles.

1686

11.18.1686

Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France's anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants.

1715

9.1.1715

King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years — the longest of any major European monarch.