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Born
5 September. Birth of Louis, later Louis XIV, son of Louis XIII and his wife Anne (Ana) of Austria
1654 -
crowned and first war
Louis XIV crowned and consecrated at Rheims.
Louis XIV takes part in war against Spain on northern, north-eastern and eastern frontiers of France. -
Beginning of military reforms and taxs
1661
Beginning of military reforms; these continue throughout reign with improvement in discipline and Organisation, abolition of venality, introduction of new weapons, and fortresses built on new principles.
Tax gathering by tax-fanners introduced experiment ally; contracts bought back the next year hut System re-established in 1680.
Work begins to expand the gardens and the palace at Versailles; intensified 1668, completed 1695 -
Hospital services
1662
Charles II sells Dunkirk (which Cromwell had won from Spain with French help) to Louis XIV for five million francs.
Institution of hospital services throughout France. Boulonnais peasant revolt -
Palave of Versailles
1664 Louis XIV of France inaugurates the Palace of Versailles -
Secret Treaty of Dover
1670 In Dover, England, Charles II of Great Britain and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover. -
French Dutch War
1672 Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands. -
Verallies
1682 Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. -
Charles Francois felix operates
1686 Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France's anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants. -
Died
1715 King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years — the longest of any major European monarch.
