Historedia
Person

Madame de Pompadour

Events
2
Episodes
9
Years
1762–1773

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Madame de Pompadour, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Suppression of the Society of Jesus

    1762–1773

    Role: Secular notable influencing the Parlement of Paris

    1. 1762 · ParisParlement of Paris Ruling

      The Parlement of Paris, a court rather than a legislature, ruled against the Society in a bankruptcy case in 1762, influenced by secular notables.

    2. 1773 · Russian EmpireCatherine the Great's Exception

      Catherine the Great forbade the publication of the papal brief, allowing Jesuits to survive in her territories.

    3. 21 July 1773 · RomePapal Brief Dominus Ac Redemptor

      Pope Clement XIV suppressed the Society as a fait accompli via the brief Dominus ac Redemptor on 21 July 1773 in Rome.

    4. unknown · Habsburg territoriesExpulsion by Joseph II

      Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, expelled the Jesuits from his territories; the supplied evidence gives no year for this action.

  2. Completion of the Petit Trianon

    1765–1769

    Role: Intended occupant, who died before completion

    1. 1765–1768 · Petit Trianon interiorsFinishing Campaigns of 1765–1768

      Sculptures, joinery, metalwork, and painting were completed during the 1765 to 1768 campaigns, including Guibert's Medusa bas-relief.

    2. 1768 · Petit Trianon, park of the Palace of VersaillesCompletion of the Petit Trianon

      The château was finished in 1768, four years after Madame de Pompadour's death, and inaugurated by Madame du Barry.

    3. 22 March 1768 · Petit TrianonCaresme Door-Top Painting Commission

      On 22 March 1768 Louis XV commissioned Jacques-Philippe Caresme to paint two door-top pictures inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses.

    4. 1769 · Petit Trianon dining roomDining Room Paintings and First Royal Dinner

      Paintings for the dining room were executed in 1769, and Louis XV first dined there in September 1769 on a crimson damask armchair.

    5. May 1769 · Petit TrianonMechanical Tables Project Entrusted to Gamain and Richer

      In 1769, after the process was exhibited at the Louvre in May, work for Trianon was entrusted to the locksmith Gamain and the mechanic Richer.

Sources

  1. Suppression of the Society of Jesus Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-24
  2. Petit Trianon Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-01