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Birthday
Louis XIV was born on this day to Louis XIII and Anne of Austria (Steingard louis-xiv.de). -
Deah of Galileo
Galileo passed away this year. (google.com) -
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Becoming King.
After his father died May 16th of 1643, it was time for Louis to become king. he stayed in rign until 1715, when he died of illness at Versailles. (Wrong 586, 588) -
Ending of a War
This year, the end of the 30 Years was ended. (google.com) -
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Ideas
During these years, Louis started thinking of ideas to be being a king, and what he should do. (Grunefield) -
Opportunities
Moliere (shown at the left) was one of the writers who louis helped to make his plays go live. He aslo help artists, archelolgists, composers, etc. to make them stardom dreams come true. (Wrong 589) -
Big changes
Louis started reforming France, trying to make the country and it's government better. But the opposite actually happened... It brought more poverty and famine to the people of France. (biography.com) -
Invasion
In this year Louis decided to invade Dutch due to his failure at destroying their economy. (xtimeline.com) -
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War
This is the timespan in which the Franco Dutch war lasted. Again, this war brought great famine and poverty to the poeple in france. When King Louis XIV died the following year, the people were very happy. (xtimeline.com) -
Versailles
As part of the reforming of France, King Louis XIV had a castle to be built. This palace known as Versailles. He moved his "seat of government" here, from Paris. (Wrong 589) -
Detroit
France established the American colony Detorit in 1701. (google.com) -
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Last Franco Dutch War
The last war of the Franco Dutch wars was during this time period, which Louis and his people helped to prevent disaster from. They lost land overseas but this caused famine and poverty for the poeple of France. (Wrong 587) -
Queen Anne
Queen Anne ascends the throne. (google.com) -
Money
Paper money was made for the first time in 1707. (google.com) -
Tea
Tea was introduced to American colonies in 1714. (google.com) -
Illness
The follwing year of the last Franco Dutch war was the year Louis died. He dided from illness at the place of Versailles. This people were more than happy to be getting a new king. (Grunefield 65)
