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1708 In France
Events from the year 1708 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XIV Events *23 March - James Stuart, the "Old Pretender", having sailed from Dunkirk with 5000 French troops, with the intention of invading Britain, attempts to land in the Firth of Forth; the attempt is thwarted by the Royal Navy, under Admiral Byng. Births * 10 January - Donat Nonnotte, painter (died 1785) *26 March - Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers, admiral (died 1792) * 2 September - André le Breton, publisher (died 1779) Deaths *5 March - Charles Le Gobien, Jesuit writer (born 1653) *23 April - Jacques Gravier, Jesuit missionary (born 1651) *11 May - Jules Hardouin Mansart, architect (born 1646) * 28 December - Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, botanist (born 1656 Events January–March * January 5 – The First War of Villmergen, a civil war in the Confederation of Switzerland pitting its Protestant and Roman Catholic cantons against each other, breaks out but is resolved by March 7. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
1779 In France
Events in the year 1779 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XVI Events *12 April - Treaty of Aranjuez (1779) *June–September - Armada of 1779 *2-4 July - Capture of Grenada (1779) *6 July - Battle of Grenada *6 October - Action of 6 October 1779 Births *7 October - Louis Charles, Count of Beaujolais Louis Charles Alphonse Léodgard d'Orléans, Count of Beaujolais (7 October 1779 – 30 May 1808) was a French prince of the blood, son of Philippe Égalité and the younger brother of King Louis-Philippe I of the French. Biography Louis C ..., younger brother of King Louis-Philippe I of the French Deaths References {{Year in Europe, 1779 1770s in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Pitton De Tournefort
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (5 June 165628 December 1708) was a French botanist, notable as the first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for plants. Botanist Charles Plumier was his pupil and accompanied him on his voyages. Life Tournefort was born in Aix-en-Provence and studied at the Jesuit convent there. It was intended that he enter the Church, but the death of his father allowed him to follow his interest in botany. After two years collecting, he studied medicine at Montpellier, but was appointed professor of botany at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris in 1683. During this time he travelled through Western Europe, particularly the Pyrenees, where he made extensive collections. Between 1700 and 1702 he travelled through the islands of Greece and visited Constantinople, the borders of the Black Sea, Armenia, and Georgia, collecting plants and undertaking other types of observations. He was accompanied by the German botanist Andreas Gundelsheimer (1668–171 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
28 December
Events Pre-1600 * 418 – A papal conclave begins, resulting in the election of Pope Boniface I. * 457 – Majorian is acclaimed as Western Roman Empire, Western Roman emperor. * 484 – Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Visigoths. He establishes his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour (Southern Gaul). * 893 – An earthquake 893 Dvin earthquake, destroys the city of Dvin (ancient city), Dvin, Armenia. *1065 – Edward the Confessor's Romanesque architecture, Romanesque monastic church at Westminster Abbey is Consecration, consecrated. *1308 – The reign of Emperor Hanazono of Japan begins. 1601–1900 *1659 – The Maratha Empire, Marathas defeat the Adil Shahi dynasty, Adilshahi forces in the Battle of Kolhapur. *1768 – King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital. *1795 – Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1646 In France
Events from the year 1646 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XIV *Regent: Anne of Austria Events * 10 October – France takes Dunkirk from the Spanish Netherlands for the first time. Births *17 February – Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, lawmaker (died 1714) *10 October – Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, aristocrat (died 1705) Deaths *12 May – Énemond Massé, Jesuit missionary (born 1575) *14 June – Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé, admiral (born 1619) *22 June – Daniel Dumonstier, artist (born 1574) *27 June – Achille d'Étampes de Valençay, military leader and Catholic Cardinal (born 1593) *22 September – Jean François Niceron Jean-François Niceron (5 July 1613 – 22 September 1646) was a French mathematician, Minim friar, and painter of anamorphic art, on which he wrote the ground-breaking book ''La Perspective Curieuse'' (Curious Perspectives). Biography Jean- ..., mathematician (born 1613) *23 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Hardouin Mansart
Jules Hardouin-Mansart (; 16 April 1646 – 11 May 1708) was a French Baroque architect and builder whose major work included the Place des Victoires (1684–1690); Place Vendôme (1690); the domed chapel of Les Invalides (1690), and the Grand Trianon of the Palace of Versailles. His monumental work was designed to glorify the reign of Louis XIV of France. Biography Born Jules Hardouin in Paris in 1646, he studied under his renowned great-uncle François Mansart, one of the originators of the classical tradition in French architecture; Hardouin inherited Mansart's collection of plans and drawings and added Mansart's name to his own in 1668. He began his career as an entrepreneur in building construction, in partnership with his brother Michel, but then decided in 1672 to devote himself entirely to architecture. In 1674 he became one of the group of royal architects working for Louis XIV. His first important project was the Château de Clagny, built for the King's consort, Madame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11 May
Events 1601–1900 *1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons. *1813 – William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement. *1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British. *1880 – Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California. *1889 – An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor. * 1894 – Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike. 1901–present *1919 – Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. *1970 – The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250 million in damage. *1985 – Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1651 In France
Events from the year 1651 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XIV *Regent – Anne of Austria (until 7 September) Events *The Lycée Stendhal was founded *Château de Maisons was completed Births *26 February – Jean Beausire, architect, engineer and fountain-maker (d. 1743) *30 April –Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, priest and educational reformer (d. 1719) *27 May – Louis Antoine de Noailles, bishop and cardinal (d. 1729) *4 July – Honoratus a Sancta Maria, controversialist (d. 1729). *6 August – François Fénelon, Roman Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer (d. 1715) *1 November – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay, politician (d. 1690) Full date missing *Frère Jacques Beaulieu, urologist (d. 1720) *Magdelaine Chapelain, fortune teller and poisoner (d. 1724) *Jean-François Lalouette, composer (d. 1728) *Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan, military officer and governor (d. 1705) *Philibert-Emmanuel de Froulay, chevalier de Tessé, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Gravier
Jacques Gravier (17 May 1651 – 17 April 1708) was a French Jesuit missionary in the New World. He founded the Illinois mission in 1696, where he administered to the several tribes of the territory. He was notable for his compilation of the most extensive dictionary of Kaskaskia Illinois-French among those made by French missionaries. In 1705 he was appointed Superior of the mission. Early life and education Gravier was born in 1651 in Moulins, Allier, France. He became well educated with the Jesuits, entering the Society of Jesus in the fall of 1670. He made his novitiate at Paris."Jacques Gravier" ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'', accessed 1 Mar 2010 From 1672 to 1680, Gravier taught and tutored in the Jesuit schools of Hesdin, Eu, and Arras. He then studied philosophy at the |
23 April
Events Pre-1600 *215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. *599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico, defeating queen Yohl Ik'nal and sacking the city. *711 – Dagobert III succeeds his father King Childebert III as King of the Franks. *1014 – Battle of Clontarf: High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle. * 1016 – Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as King of England. *1343 – St. George's Night Uprising commences in the Duchy of Estonia. *1348 – The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George's Day. *1500 – Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvarez Cabral reaches new coastline (Brazil). *1516 – The Munich ''Reinheitsgebot'' (regarding the ingredients of beer) takes effect in all of Bavaria. *1521 & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1653 In France
Events from the year 1653 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XIV Events * February 3 – Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile. * ''Petite post'', a system of postage using prepaid labels and post boxes, is introduced in Paris by Jean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer. * Madeleine de Scudéry and her friend, the lutenist Mlle Bocquet, launch a salon. * Jean-Baptiste Boësset and Jean-Baptiste Lully start their collaboration to produce ballets de cour * Blaise Pascal publishes his ''Traité du triangle arithmétique'' in which he describes Pascal's triangle; and his ''Traités de l’équilibre des liqueurs'' in which he explains Pascal's law. Births * January 24 – Dom Jacques Alexandre, Benedictine (d. 1734) * March 1 – Jean-Baptiste-Henri de Valincour, classical scholar (d. 1730) * March 24 – Joseph Sauveur, mathematician (d. 1716) * May 8 – Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Marshal of France (d. 1734) * August 10 – Louis-Guillaume Pécour, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Le Gobien
Charles Le Gobien (1653 – 5 March 1708) was a French Jesuit writer, founder of the '' Lettres édifiantes et curieuses'' a collection of reports from Jesuit missionaries in China. It is a major source of information for the history of Catholic missions and life in China in those times. Life Le Gobien was born at Saint-Malo, Brittany. He entered the Society of Jesus on 25 November 1671. As professor of philosophy and especially while procurator of the Franco-Chinese mission, he sought in a series of papers to awaken interest in the work of Christianizing Eastern Asia. He died at Paris. Works In 1697 appeared at Paris his "Lettres sur les progréz de la religion à la Chine". Apropos of Chinese Rites controversy, he published among other things "Histoire de l'édit de l'empereur de la Chine en faveur de la religion chrétienne avec un éclaircissement sur les honneurs que les Chinois rendent à Confucius et aux morts" (Paris, 1698); and in the year 1700: "Lettre à un Docteu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
