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6 days ago · Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great ( Louis le Grand) or the Sun King ( le Roi Soleil ), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign.
- Louis XV
Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis...
- Louis XIII
Early life, 1601–1610. Born at the Palace of Fontainebleau,...
- Louis, Grand Dauphin
Louis, Dauphin of France (1 November 1661 – 14 April 1711),...
- Anne of Austria
Anne of Austria (French: Anne d'Autriche; Spanish: Ana de...
- Maria Theresa of Spain
Maria Theresa of Spain (Spanish: María Teresa de Austria;...
- Louise De Maisonblanche
Early life Her father, Louis XIV in 1700/1701 on a portrait...
- The Fronde
The Fronde (French pronunciation:) were a series of civil...
- Sun King (Disambiguation)
Sun King Brewing, a brewery in Indianapolis, Indiana; Sun...
- Marie Anne De Bourbon
Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France, born Marie Anne...
- Louis XV
1 day ago · e. The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. Grievances against the imperial government led the 13 colonies to begin uniting in 1774, and expelling British officials by 1775.
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2 days ago · In the 1670s the head of the Oyoko clan, Osei Kofi Tutu I, began another rapid consolidation of Akan peoples via diplomacy and warfare. King Osei Kofi Tutu I and his chief advisor, Okomfo Kwame Frimpong Anokye led a coalition of influential Ashanti city-states against their mutual oppressor, the Denkyira who held the Ashanti Kingdom in its thrall.
May 16, 2024 · King Philip’s War, (1675–76), in British American colonial history, war that pitted Native Americans against English settlers and their Indian allies that was one of the bloodiest conflicts (per capita) in U.S. history.
- Jason W. Warren
May 11, 2024 · Palace of Versailles. The Palace of Versailles with a garden in the foreground. The original residence was primarily a hunting lodge and private retreat for Louis XIII (reigned 1610–43) and his family. In 1624 the king entrusted Jacques Lemercier with the construction of a château on the site.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · When the first Europeans entered Indiana during the 1670s, the region was in the final years of the Beaver Wars. The French attempted to trade with the Algonquian tribes in Indiana, selling them firearms in exchange for furs.
4 days ago · Ronald Hutton begins his account of the Restoration, The Restoration: a Political and Religious History of England and Wales (Clarendon; Oxford, 1985) by contrasting the attention historians had paid to the English Civil War with the relatively few monographs devoted to the subsequent phase of history: in his words, 'the history of the English R...
