Louis XIV

Mazarin returned to Paris in February 1653 after Turenne defeated Condé, ending his exile and restoring his ministerial role.

The treaty was signed on 7 November 1659 on Pheasant Island, ending the war.

Fouquet was arrested by d'Artagnan in September 1661 while leaving the council chamber.

Fouquet was taken to the prison fortress of Pignerol in the Alps in December 1664.

The King's Counsel approved the public coach system on 19 January 1662, with the judgement signed by Louis XIV.

After trials in late February, five routes began progressive operation from 18 March 1662, connecting various Parisian quarters.

The fifth route, connecting Luxembourg Palace and Rue de Poitou, commenced operations on 5 July 1662.

L'Amour médecin was first performed at Versailles on September 22, 1665, by royal order.

The first meeting of the French Academy of Sciences occurred on 22 December 1666 in the King's library.

Louis XIV officially replaced the livre parisis with the livre tournois as the standard monetary unit.

Colbert presented an edict to Louis XIV establishing the office of Lieutenant General of Police in Paris.

Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie became the first holder of the newly created police office in Paris.

Louis XIV issued an order on 24 November 1670 to commence work on a veterans' hospital in Paris.

Louis XIV founded the Académie royale d'architecture on December 30, 1671, under the impulsion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert.

The series of treaties concluded between August 1678 and October 1679, ending interconnected wars involving multiple European powers.

Louis XIV decrees the merger of the Guénégaud and Hôtel de Bourgogne troupes.

The combined company performs its first show at the Guénégaud.

Louis XIV, Leopold I, and Charles II signed the truce at the Dominican convent in Ratisbon on 15 August 1684.

Louis XIV issued the edict on 18 October 1685, revoking the Edict of Nantes and declaring Protestantism illegal.

Phips's force left Hull, Massachusetts, on August 20, 1690, with insufficient ammunition.

The fleet anchored in the Quebec basin on October 16 and bombarded the city until October 19.

French troops bombarded Brussels with artillery in 1695.

Louis XIV and Victor Amadeus II signed a peace treaty ending Savoy's war involvement.

Personal representatives of William III and Louis XIV met privately in June 1697 to finalize terms, overruling the Spanish delegate to secure a broader peace.

France signed peace treaties with Spain, England, and the Dutch Republic, and a ceasefire with the Holy Roman Empire, in Rijswijk in September 1697.

The death of Charles II in 1700 and Philip V's proclamation triggered the succession crisis leading to war.

The Imperial Diet formally declared Reichskrieg against France in November 1702, marking a key escalation.

The 1707 campaign in the Southern Netherlands lacked significant events, while diplomatic moves occurred in Italy.

The English Parliament reacted with fury upon learning of the treaty terms in March 1700, citing lack of consent and commercial damage.

The Treaty of London was formally signed in London on 12 March 1700, establishing the Second Partition Treaty terms.

James Francis Edward Stuart's 1708 attempt to land in Scotland was thwarted by British naval interception and bad weather.

France and Great Britain signed preliminary peace terms in London in October 1711, initiating the path to the final Utrecht treaties.

The Congress of Utrecht opened on 29 January 1712, with British representatives John Robinson and Thomas Wentworth attending.

Philip V signed a renunciation of his claim to the French throne on 10 July 1712, a key condition for the peace.

The main treaties of peace were signed on 11 April 1713, including agreements between France, Great Britain, and the Dutch Republic.

Louis XIV died on 1 September 1715, ending his 72-year reign as King of France.

Louis XV succeeded his great-grandfather to the French throne.