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Louis XIV Birth
Louis XIV was born on September 5, 1638 in Saint Germain-en Laye France. He was born to King Loius XIII, of France and Queen Mother Anne of Austria. His mother took over the regency for her son, and Loius de Condé and Gaston d'Orléans, princes of the blood, maneuvered to be the power behind the throne. They never forgave her for passing them by and calling the handsome Italian (Guilio Mazarini) , now 41, to be her chief minister.
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Ottomans Capture Baghdad
The Ottomans were under Murat IV captured Baghdad from Safavid Persia. After an unsuccessful attack on Bagdhad in 1625-1626 Grand Vizier Gaki Ekrem Khusrev Pascha attacked Baghdad again. Thousands of soldiers form the Ottoman Empire attacked the less forttified gates of the city for forty days. A large attack occured on December 25th ans the city was taken. The Grand Vizier was killed during the seige. (Mikaberidze 699) -
Virginia Colony - Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon, a 29 year old gentleman distantly related to the governor, stepped into the conflict between the wealthy planters of the coastal tidewater region and the struggling frontier dwellers. Bacon led brutal attacks on both friendly and hostile Native Americans. He also encouraged servants to desert and steal form their masters. Bacon's actions caused the governor to accuse him of treason.Bacon then marched his armed group to Jamestown and burned it to the ground. (Wiener&Arnold, 43) -
Louis XIII Died
King Louis XIII ruled France from 1610-1643. Louis was respected as one of the most powerful monarchs in Europe. The king succumbed to tuberculosis in May of 1643. He was succeeded by his son Louis XIV.
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Louis XIV Becomes King
He became king upon the death of Cardinal Mazarin on March 9, 1661. Dying he advised Louis to be his own chief minister and never to leave major matters of public policy to any of his aides. (Durant, 11) -
The New World -New Langage
Roger Williams of Providence pubished "A key into the Langage of America" dictionary of Narraganett Indian langage. It was another major source of information about Nwe England Indians in general. Williams was a pastor in Plymouth and later the founder of Providence, the first non-Indian settlement in Rhode Island. In this book Williams describes the Narragansett Indians, a group that was culturally similar to the Wampanoag. (Weinstein-Farson, 26) -
Christmas Banned in Boston Massachusetts
The general court of Boston levied a five shilling fine on anyone caught "observing any such day as Chirstmas". Puritans detested these sorts of activities, grumbling that Christmas was observed with more revelry than piety. Worse, they contended that there was no Scriptural warrant for the celebration of Jesus’ birth. Puritans argued (not incorrectly) that Christmas represented nothing more than a thin Christian veneer slapped on a pagan celebration.
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British Parliament Dissolved
Oliver Cromwell had just dissolved the English Parliament. He did this because he wanted to aboish the monarchy. Cromwell completely changed the ancient frame of government, reforming Parliament and imposing a written constitution. Cromwell infuriated the fanatics further and interest groups associated with the "Rump" ( a parliament that claimed to be a representative of the sovereign people) by ending the Dutch War, giving the defeated enemy lenient terms in March, 1654
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Louis XIV marrige
Louis XIV fell in love with Maria Theres of Spain, Mazarin's niece. Ultimately choosing duty over love, in 1660 he married the daughter of the king of Spain, Marie-Thérèse of Austria, instead. The marriage ensured ratification of the peace treaty that Mazarin had sought to establish with Hapsburg Spain.
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Louis XIV Children.
King Louis XIV and Marie had 6 children but only one survived – the Dauphin, Louis de France. He also fathered other children with other women, but had only one legitimate heir to the throne.
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Louis XIV War of Devouloution
1667–68, undertaken by Louis XIV for the conquest of the Spanish Netherlands. On her marriage to Louis, Marie Thérèse, daughter of Philip IV of Spain, had renounced her rights of inheritance in return for a large dowry. Blaming Spain for having failed to pay the stipulated dowry, Louis declared war and invoked an old law of Brabant providing that property might “devolve” upon the children of a first marriage-in this case upon Marie Thérèse (rather than upon Charles II of Spain).(Louis XIV Web,1) -
The Dutch War
Dutch War, also called Franco-dutch War, (1672–78), the second war of conquest by Louis XIV of France, whose chief aim in the conflict was to establish French possession of the Spanish Netherlands after having forced the Dutch Republic’s acquiescence. The Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672–74) formed part of this general war. Eventually the heavy financial burdens of the war convinced Louis to make peace (Britannica.com. 1) -
Opening of Versailles Palace
Louis brought in architect Le Vau to enlarge a hunting lodge into a royal plalce. Jules Hardouin-Mansard took over the direction in 1670 and began the vast apartments, galleries, reception rooms, dance halls, guardrooms and administrative offices thar are now Versailles. (Durant, 92) -
Cancells The Edict of Nantes
The beginning of Louis XIV’s reign (from 1643 to 1660) was a time of religious peace, but from 1660 onwards, when Louis XIV took all power into his own hands, the edict was applied in a restricted manner. In 1685, the King – convinced that most Protestants had by then become Catholics – signed the revocation of the edict of Nantes in Fontainebleau.
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War of Spanish Secession begins
After the death of the Spanish Habsburg King Charles II on 1 November 1700, his last will designated Louis XIV's second grandson Philip Duc d'Anjou as his successor. In spite of the protests of other powers the transition seemed to go smoothly at first. In September 1701 the grand alliance of the Hague was formed between the United Provinces, England and Emperor Leopold I, who had declared war in spring and thus started the War of the Spanish Succession. (The Spanish Succession,1) -
The death of King Louis XIV
Louis XIV passed away in Versailles on 1 September 1715 at 8.15 in the morning, just before his 77th birthday. A reign of 72 years ended, the longest in the history of France. Another reign almost as long began: that of Louis XV (1715-1774).
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