Historical place archive

Saint-Germain-en-Laye in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Saint-Germain-en-Laye in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records4 event labels1 people1638–1701

Historical events in Saint-Germain-en-Laye

1638

5 September 1638
Birth of Louis XIV
Louis XIV · House of Bourbon

Birth of Louis XIV, son of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria.

1667

April 1667
Civil Ordinance
Louis XIV · Government of France

Issues the civil ordinance known as the Code Louis.

1701

16 September 1701
Recognition of James Stuart
Louis XIV · House of Bourbon

Recognises James Francis Edward Stuart as claimant to Britain.

16 September 1701
Recognition of Old Pretender
Louis XIV · House of Bourbon

Louis recognises James Francis Edward Stuart as the rightful British monarch.

Provenance

About these place records

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