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Anne served as sole regent for her son, assisted by her chief minister and close confidant, Cardinal Jules Mazarin
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Born on September 5, 1638
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Louis XIII (father of Louis XIV) died on May 14, 1643
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Louis XIV inherited the crown of France at 4 years old
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Peace of Westphalia between France and the Austrian Hapsburgs
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The Fronde
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Louis XIV crowned and consecrated at Rheims
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Peace of the Pyrenees between France and Spain
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Louis married his first cousin Marie-Thérèse
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Death of Mazarin
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Beginning of military reforms
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Tax gathering by tax farmers introduced
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Treaty with the Dutch Republic
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Treaty with Denmark Norway and Sweden
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French trading companies founded and commercial treaties to promote trade signed
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French academies founded or recognized
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War of Devolution
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Treaty with German Baltic free cities
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Town of Versailles started
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Dutch war
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Controversy with papacy over régale begins
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Treaty with Morocco
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Death of Louis' wife Maria Teres
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Treaty with Algiers and Tunis
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War of the League of Augsburg
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War of the Spanish Succession in Europe
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Treaty with all ex-enemies of the War of the Spanish Succession
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Peace treaties signed between France and her enemies, except the emperor and Empire
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Death of Louis XIV