1707 In France
Events from the year 1707 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XIV Events *April 25: Battle of Almansa, described as "probably the only Battle in history in which the English forces were commanded by a Frenchman, the French by an Englishman." *May 2–3: Action of 2 May 1707 *July 29-August 21: Battle of Toulon: Prince Eugene is forced to abandon his attempt to take the naval port of Toulon *October 21: Battle at The Lizard Births *January 8 - Louis, Dauphin of France, son of Louis of France, Duke of Burgundy (died 1712) *April 10 - Michel Corrette, organist and composer (died 1795) * Nicolas La Grange, playwright and translator (died 1775) Deaths *February 26 - Louis Cousin, translator, historian, lawyer, royal censor and president of the ''cour des monnaies'' (born 1627) *April 24 - Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis, admiral and privateer (born 1645) *November 5 - Denis Dodart, physician, naturalist and botanist (born 1634) *Julie d'Aubigny, swordswoman and opera singe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Louis XIV
, house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France , burial_date = 9 September 1715 , burial_place = Basilica of Saint-Denis , religion = Catholicism (Gallican Rite) , signature = Louis XIV Signature.svg Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign in history whose date is verifiable. Although Louis XIV's France was emblematic of the age of absolutism in Europe, the King surrounded himself with a variety of significant political, military, and cultural figures, such as Bossuet, Colbert, Le Brun, Le Nôtre, Lully, Mazarin, Molière, Racine, Turenne, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1775 In France
Events from the year 1775 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XVI Events *April–May – Flour War: riots against bread prices. * 11 June – Coronation of Louis XVI in Reims Cathedral, the last to take place during the Ancien Regime *Probable date – Jeanne Baret returns to France, becoming the first woman to complete a circumnavigation of the globe. Births January to June *20 January – André-Marie Ampère, physicist (died 1836) *1 February – Philippe de Girard, engineer and inventor of the first flax spinning frame (died 1845) *3 February ** Maximilien Sebastien Foy, military leader, statesman and writer (died 1825). ** Louis-François, Baron Lejeune, general, painter and lithographer (died 1848). *30 April – Guillaume Dode de la Brunerie, Marshal of France (died 1851). *10 May – Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, cavalry general (killed in battle) (died 1809). July to December *3 July – Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier, younger brother of Louis-Philippe of Fr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1670
Events January–March * January 17 – Raphael Levy, a Jewish resident of the city of Metz in France is burned at the stake after having been accused of the September 25 abduction and ritual murder of a small child who had disappeared from the village of Glatigny. The prosecutor applies to King Louis XIV for an order expelling all 95 Jewish families from Metz, which the King refuses to do. * January 27 – The Muslim Emperor Aurangzeb of the Mughal Empire in India issues an order for the destruction of all Hindu temples and schools in the empire, including the Keshvadeva Temple in Mathura. * February 4 – The Battle of Sinhagad takes place in India (in the modern-day Maharashtra state) as the Maratha Empire army, led by Tanaji Malusare, leads an assault on the Kondhana Fortress that had been captured by the Mughal Empire. Tanaji, called "The Lion" by his followers, captures the fortress by guiding the successful scaling of the walls of the fortress w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Julie D'Aubigny
Julie d'Aubigny (; 1673–1707), better known as Mademoiselle Maupin or La Maupin, was a French opera singer. Little is known for certain about her life; her tumultuous career and flamboyant lifestyle were the subject of gossip, rumour, and colourful stories in her own time, and inspired numerous fictional and semi-fictional portrayals afterwards. Her life loosely inspired the titular character of Théophile Gautier's 1835 novel, ''Mademoiselle de Maupin,'' in which she employs multiple disguises to seduce a young man and his mistress. Due to her relationships with men and women, some modern-day sources refer to d'Aubigny as bisexual and/or queer. Early life Julie d'Aubigny was born in 1673 pp. 350-352 archive.org/ref> to Gaston d'Aubigny, a secretary to Louis de Lorraine-Guise, comte d'Armagnac, the Master of the Horse for King Louis XIV. Her father, who trained the court pages, took care of her education teaching her academic subjects of the type given to boys but also tr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1694 In France
Events from the year 1694 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XIV Events *27 May – Battle of Torroella *29 June – Battle of Texel Births * 21 November – Voltaire, writer, historian, and philosopher (died 1778) Full date missing *Louis, Duke of Joyeuse, nobleman (died 1724) Deaths Full date missing *Ismaël Bullialdus, astronomer and mathematician (born 1605) * Paul Fréart de Chantelou, collector (born 1609) * Bernardin Gigault de Bellefonds, general (born 1630) *Gabriel Mouton, scientist (born 1618) *René Ouvrard, composer (born 1624) *Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé Claire Clémence de Maillé (25 February 1628 – 16 April 1694) was a French noblewoman from the Brézé family and a niece of Cardinal Richelieu. She married Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, known as ''Le Grand Condé'' (The Great Con ..., noblewoman (born 1628) See also References 1690s in France {{France-hist-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Denis Dodart
Denis Dodart was a French physician, naturalist, and botanist who was born in 1634 in Paris and died on November 5, 1707 in the same city. Biography Childhood and humanist education Denis Dodart was born in 1634 in a Parisian middle class family that belonged to the '' bourgeoisie''. He was a son of Jean Dodart, notary public with a passion for literature, and Marie Dubois, daughter of a lawyer at the Parlement of Paris. He was interested in art and science since young age. He was taught Latin, Greek, music, and drawing. Fontenelle mentioned in his ''Éloge of Monsieur Dodart'' the library of the Dodart family. He studied at the University of Paris and gained his Doctorate of Medicine on 13 October 1660. Denis Dodart was noticed for his erudition, his good eloquency, being open minded. He is described by Guy Patin, dean of the University in a private letter : ''"Ce jourd'hui ic5 Juillet (1660) nous avons fait la Licence de nos vieux Bacheliers, ils sont 7 en nombre, don ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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November 5
Events Pre-1600 * 1138 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign. * 1499 – The '' Catholicon'', written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary. * 1556 – Second Battle of Panipat: Fighting begins between the forces of Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, the Hindu king at Delhi and the forces of the Muslim emperor Akbar. 1601–1900 * 1605 – Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament, where he had planted gunpowder in an attempt to blow up the building and kill King James I of England. *1688 – Prince William III of Orange lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham to challenge the rule of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland). * 1757 – Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach. *1768 &nd ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1645 In France
Events from the year 1645 in France Incumbents * List of French monarchs, Monarch – Louis XIV of France, Louis XIV *Regent: Anne of Austria Events *Charenton (asylum), Charenton established *Francois Morneau married Marie Mornet - 1645 Births *16 August – Jean de La Bruyère, writer (died 1696 in France, 1696) *663 Marie Bernard (died 1718) Full date missing *François Vachon de Belmont (died 1732) *François de Troy, painter and engraver (died 1730) *Jean-Baptiste Théodon, sculptor (died 1713) *Robert Clicquot, organ builder (died 1719) *Charles Louis Simonneau, engraver (died 1728) *Daniel Montbars, buccaneer (died 1707?) Deaths Full date missing *Jacques Linard, painter (born 1597) *François de La Rochefoucauld (cardinal), François de La Rochefoucauld, cardinal (born 1558) See also References 1640s in France {{France-hist-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bernard Desjean, Baron De Pointis
Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis (7 October 1645 – 24 April 1707) was a French admiral and privateer. Pointis was born in Brittany. He took part in naval operations in the 1680s under Duquesne, like the bombardment of Algiers and the punitive action against Genoa. In the 1690s he fought under Tourville among others in the Battle of Beachy Head (1690). In 1693, he became ''chef d'escadre''. In 1697, he undertook the Raid on Cartagena. This raid was so successful that it made him immensely rich and very appreciated by King Louis XIV. In 1689 he is Lieutenant-General of the artillery at the Siege of Derry. In 1702, after the death of Jean Bart, he was appointed head of the Dunkirkers, but he was soon replaced by Marc-Antoine de Saint-Pol Hécourt for lack of initiative. In 1705, he tried to attack Gibraltar by sea during the Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar, but was defeated by John Leake in the Battle of Cabrita Point. After this battle Pointis retired from active service. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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April 24
Events Pre-1600 * 1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty). * 1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy marking the end of the legendary Trojan War, given by chief librarian of the Library of Alexandria Eratosthenes, among others. * 1547 – Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League. * 1558 – Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris. 1601–1900 * 1704 – The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, ''The Boston News-Letter'', is published. * 1793 – French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is acquitted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of charges brought by the Girondin in Paris. * 1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1627 In France
Events from the year 1627 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XIII Events *Anglo-French War (1627–1629) *Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré *Siege of La Rochelle Births *27 September – Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, bishop (died 1704) Full date missing *Hector d'Andigné de Grandfontaine, governor (died 1696) Deaths Full date missing *Jacques Mauduit, composer (born 1557) *François Savary de Brèves, ambassador and orientalist (born 1560) *Charles Loyseau, lawyer (born 1564) * Marie Vernier, actress (born c.1590) *Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier Marie de Bourbon (15 October 1605 – 4 June 1627), Duchess of Montpensier, and Duchess of Orléans by marriage, was a French noblewoman and one of the last members of the House of Bourbon-Montpensier. Her parents were Henri de Bourbon, ''Du ..., noblewoman (born 1605) See also References 1620s in France {{France-hist-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Louis Cousin
Louis Cousin, le président Cousin (; 21 August 1627 – 26 February 1707) was a French translator, historian, lawyer, royal censor and president of the cour des monnaies. Cousin was born and died in Paris. He was the third member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Académie française in 1697. Bibliography *''Histoire de Constantinople depuis le règne de Justin jusqu’à la fin de l'Empire, traduite sur les originaux grecs par Cousin'' (8 volumes, 1672–1685) *''Histoire de l'Église, écrite par Eusèbe, traduite par M. Cousin'' (4 volumes, 1675–1676) *''Les Principes et les règles de la vie chrétienne, traité composé en latin par M. le cardinal Bona et traduit en françois par M. Cousin'' (1675) *''Histoire romaine, écrite par Xiphilin, par Zonare et par Zosime, traduite sur les originaux grecs par M. Cousin'' (1678) *''Histoire de l'Empire d'Occident de Xiphilin, traduite par le président Cousin'' (2 volumes, 1683) *''Discours de Clément Alexandrin pour ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |