Louis XIV Biography and Timeline — Page 6

Treaty of Utrecht

Accepts peace while Philip V keeps Spain.

Role range: 1701-1714 – 1643-1715

Treaty of Utrecht

Accepts peace with Great Britain while preserving Philip V's Spanish crown.

Role range: 1701-1714 – 1643-1715

Treaty of Utrecht

France accepts limits intended to preserve the European balance of power.

Role range: 1701-1714 – 1643-1715

Treaty of Utrecht

France agrees commercial arrangements with Great Britain during the settlement.

Role range: 1701-1714 – 1643-1715

Treaty of Utrecht

France loses important North American claims to Great Britain.

Role range: 1701-1714 – 1643-1715

Treaty of Utrecht

France reaches peace terms at Utrecht while Philip V keeps the Spanish crown.

Role range: 1701-1714 – 1643-1715

Treaty of Utrecht

French princes renounce claims that could unite France and Spain.

Role range: 1701-1714 – 1643-1715

Treaty of Utrecht

Philip V renounces his claim to the French throne and France renounces union with Spain.

Role range: 1701-1714 – 1643-1715

Treaty of Utrecht

Recognises the Protestant succession in Great Britain.

Role range: 1701-1714 – 1643-1715

Peace Settlement

Louis XIV secures recognition of the Bourbon settlement in Spain while France makes concessions.

Role range: 1643-1715

Jansenist Policy

Gets the Pope to issue a Papal Bull condemning Jansenist views

Role range: 1643-1715

French British Peace Treaty Signed

France and Great Britain concluded a peace treaty at Utrecht on 11 April 1713.

French Dutch Peace Treaty Signed

France reached a separate peace agreement with the Dutch Republic in the Utrecht treaty series.

French Portuguese Peace Treaty Signed

France and Portugal settled their bilateral hostilities through an agreement signed at Utrecht.

French Prussian Peace Treaty Signed

France and Prussia concluded a peace agreement as part of the diplomatic settlement.

French Savoyard Peace Treaty Signed

France made peace with Savoy, addressing territorial rights and the duke's new royal status.

France Recognises Queen Anne

The Franco-British settlement acknowledged Anne's legitimate sovereignty and rejected the Stuart pretender's French-backed claim.

France Undertakes Dunkirk Fortifications Demolition

The peace terms required France to dismantle fortifications at Dunkirk that had threatened British and Dutch maritime commerce.

France Cedes Newfoundland Claims

The Franco-British agreement transferred France's claim to Newfoundland to Britain while preserving specified French fishing rights.

Acadia Passes To British Sovereignty

France ceded Acadia, also called Nova Scotia, to Britain under the North American provisions of the treaty.

Hudson Bay Territories Confirmed British

France recognized British claims in the Hudson Bay region after prolonged commercial and military disputes.

Saint Kitts Sovereignty Settled

France transferred its share of Saint Kitts to Britain, ending divided European control of the island.

French Commercial Navigation Treaty Concluded

Britain and France signed provisions regulating navigation and commerce alongside their peace agreement.

Treaty of Rastatt

Confirms peace with Austria after the Utrecht negotiations.

Role range: 1701-1714 – 1643-1715

Treaty of Utrecht

Confirms peace with Austria after the Utrecht negotiations.

Role range: 1701-1714 – 1643-1715

Succession

Louis gives the Duke du Toulouse the right to succeed to the French throne. Louis gives the Duke du Maine the right to succeed to the French throne

Role range: 1643-1715

Succession

Louis XIV draws up his will

Role range: 1643-1715

Treaty of Baden

Louis XIV concludes the Treaty of Baden, confirming the settlement reached with the Empire after Rastatt.

Role range: 1643-1715

Treaty of Baden

Concludes peace with the Empire after the War of the Spanish Succession.

Role range: 1701-1714 – 1643-1715

Treaty of Utrecht

Concludes peace with the Empire after the War of the Spanish Succession.

Role range: 1701-1714 – 1643-1715

Protestant Succession Recognised

Under the Treaty of Utrecht Louis recognises the Protestant succession in Great Britain.

Role range: 1701-1714 – 1643-1715

Treaty of Utrecht

Under the Treaty of Utrecht Louis recognises the Protestant succession in Great Britain.

Role range: 1701-1714 – 1643-1715

Legacy Error Corrected

Removed as Louis XIV was dead before the 1770 marriage of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

Role range: 1643-1715

Succession

The contents of Louis XIV's will are revealed to Orleans

Role range: 1643-1715

Death of Louis XIV

Dies age 76 at St Saint-Saint-Germain-en-Laye after reigning for 72 years

Role range: 1643-1715

Death of Louis XIV

Dies at Versailles after a reign of seventy-two years.

Role range: 1643-1715