7 May 1664Plaisirs de l'Ile enchanteeJean-Baptiste Lully
Provides music and entertainment for Louis XIV's Versailles festival.
Historical records for France in 1664, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Provides music and entertainment for Louis XIV's Versailles festival.
Opens a major court festival at Versailles.
Opens the Versailles festival known as Les Plaisirs de l'Ile enchantee.
Presents La Princesse d'Elide during the Versailles festival.
Tartuffe is performed before Louis XIV and soon faces religious opposition.
Louis XIV sees Moliere's Tartuffe during court festivities at Versailles.
Sees Moliere's Tartuffe during court festivities.
Organises the French West India Company to strengthen colonial commerce.
Commands French troops supporting the Imperial army against the Ottomans.
Creates the company as part of his mercantilist programme for French overseas trade.
Authorises a company to expand French trade in Asia.
Authorises the French East India Company to expand French trade in Asia.
Her Port-Royal community remains under royal pressure after her death.
Supports royal enforcement as pressure increases on Jansenist communities.
Expels leading nuns and places Jansenist convents under stronger royal pressure.
Malebranche encounters Descartes's Treatise on Man and turns toward Cartesian philosophy.
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