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Taxation

France · House / House of Bourbon. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1661–1667Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1661

Louis XIV Sun King1661

Paris · House / House of Bourbon

After the Thirty Year and Civil War debt is pounds143 million, revenue is pounds71 million

1667

Louis XIV Sun King1667

Paris · House / House of Bourbon

Doubles most of the import tariffs to make France more self-sufficient

Names involved

Louis XIV Sun King

Provenance

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