16 May 1715Legacy Error CorrectedLouis XIV Sun King
Removed as Louis XIV was dead before the 1770 marriage of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Historical records for France in 1715, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Removed as Louis XIV was dead before the 1770 marriage of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
The contents of Louis XIV's will are revealed to Orleans
Dies age 76 at St Saint-Saint-Germain-en-Laye after reigning for 72 years
Dies at Versailles after a reign of seventy-two years.
Succeeds as King of France, the grandson of Louis XIV. Comes to the throne age 5 under the regency of the Duke of Orleans
Succeeds Louis XIV as a five-year-old king.
Takes power as regent after Louis XIV's death.
Succeeds as Regent of France
The right of remonstrance is restored to the parlement of Paris
Nicolas Malebranche dies in Paris, aged seventy-seven.
France & Spain agree a commercial Treaty
France & Spain agree a commercial Treaty. Refuses to conclude a Treaty with Britain, Britain assumes he has Jacobite sympathies
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