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1610 |
Henri IV assassinated. Marie de’ Médicis becomes Regent. |
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1614 |
Birth of Guise. |
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1615 |
Marriage of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria. Birth of Fouquet. |
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1616 |
Birth of Beaufort. |
|
1617 |
Louis XIII assumes power. |
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1619 |
Birth of Colbert. |
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1622 |
Birth of Molière and of Roux. |
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1624 |
Cardinal de Richelieu becomes Prime Minister. |
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1625 |
Death of James I. Charles I succeeds and marries Henrietta of France. Buckingham woos Anne of Austria. |
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1626 |
The Chalais Conspiracy. Birth of Saint-Mars, of Richard Cromwell and of Marguerite de Carteret. |
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1627 |
Founding of the Company of the Holy Sacrament. Birth of Mademoiselle. |
|
1628 |
Buckingham assassinated. |
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1630 |
Day of the Dupes. François de Cavoye nominated Captain of the Cardinal’s Guard. Birth of Charles II. |
|
1631 |
Founding of La Gazette. |
|
1632 |
Birth of Lauzun. |
|
1633 |
Birth of James II. |
|
1635 |
Outbreak of war between France and Spain. Birth of Brienne. |
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1636 |
Spanish invasion of France. |
|
1637 |
Anne of Austria under house-arrest at Louvre. Birth of Eustache de Cavoye. |
|
1638 |
Birth of Louis XIV and of Armand de Cavoye. |
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1639 |
French occupation of Alsace. François de Cavoye granted monopoly on sedan-chairs. Birth of Louis de Cavoye. |
|
1640 |
Birth of Monsieur and of Matthioli. |
|
1641 |
Death of François de Cavoye. Birth of Louvois. |
|
1642 |
Death of Cardinal de Richelieu. Mazarin becomes Prime Minister. Outbreak of English Civil War. French occupation of Roussillon. Death of Joseph Béjart. Possible birth-date of Armande Béjart. |
|
1643 |
Death of Louis XIII. Anne of Austria becomes Regent. Beaufort imprisoned at Vincennes. Molière forms acting company with Madeleine Béjart. Birth of Pontchartrain. |
|
1644 |
Gondinet appointed physician to Anne of Austria. Birth of Madame, Henrietta of England. Date of birth given by James de La Cloche. |
|
1645 |
Battle of Naseby. Molière and company leave Paris. Possible birth-date of Armande Béjart. |
|
1646 |
Charles II visits Jersey for two months. |
|
1648 |
Beaufort escapes from Vincennes. Outbreak of French Civil War. Birth of Corbé. |
|
1649 |
Execution of Charles I. Birth of Monmouth. Charles II visits Jersey for five months. |
|
1650 |
Saint-Mars becomes a musketeer. Birth of William III. |
|
1651 |
Mazarin banished. Birth of Chamillart. |
|
1652 |
Mazarin returns. Beaufort kills brother-in-law. End of French Civil War. Beaufort banished. Birth of Madame, Princess Palatine. |
|
1653 |
Mazarin re-established as Prime Minister. Fouquet becomes Superintendent of Finance. Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector. |
|
1654 |
Louis XIV crowned. |
|
1656 |
Marriage of Jean La Cloche and Marguerite de Carteret. |
|
1657 |
Comtesse de Soissons becomes Louis XIV’s mistress. Birth of Avedik. |
|
1658 |
Death of Oliver Cromwell. Richard Cromwell succeeds. Moliére and company return to Paris. Besmaux appointed governor of the Bastille. |
|
1659 |
The Roissy debauch. Richard Cromwell abdicates. Treaty of Pyrenees ends war between France and Spain. |
|
1660 |
Restoration of crown to Charles II. Richard Cromwell leaves England. Marriage of Louis XIV to Maria-Teresa. Nabo given as wedding present. |
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1661 |
Death of Mazarin. Marriage of Monsieur and Henrietta of England. Louise de La Vallière becomes Louis XIV’s mistress. Party at Vaux-le-Vicomte. Fouquet is arrested. Colbert becomes Controller of Finance. Death of Auget. Lully succeeds as Director of the King’s Music. Birth of Dauphin. |
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1662 |
Louvois joins Le Tellier as Minister of War. Maria-Teresa realizes that Louise de La Vallière is Louis XIV’s mistress. Marriage of Molière and Armande Béjart. Bellings’ mission to Rome. |
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1663 |
Fouquet transferred to Bastille. Lionne replaces Brienne as Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Beaufort succeeds father as Grand Admiral. Louise de La Vallière bears first child to Louis XIV. Montfleury attacks Molière. Marriage of the Montespans. Founding ofLa Gazette d’Amsterdam. |
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1664 |
Molière’s first Tartuffe is banned. Maria-Teresa gives birth to a black daughter. Madame de Cavoye makes her will. Fouquet sentenced and transferred to Pignerol. Death of Guise. |
|
1665 |
Great Plague of London. Saint-Germain brawl. Death of Madame de Cavoye. Eustache de Cavoye disinherited and cashiered. Lauzun spends four months in the Bastille. Molière’s Dom Juan is banned. |
|
1666 |
Death of Anne of Austria. Marquise de Brinvilliers poisons her father. Fight between Lauzun and Cavoye. |
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1667 |
French invasion of the Spanish Netherlands. Work begins on Versailles. Athénais de Montespan becomes Louis XIV’s mistress. Colbert accused of embezzlement. La Reynie becomes Lieutenant of Police. Molière’s second Tartuffe is banned. Death of Armand de Cavoye. Birth of Vermandois and of Barbezieux. |
|
1668 |
Jan: Anglo-Dutch Alliance against France. Feb: French occupation of Franche Comté. Mar: Le Sage and Mariette arrested. Apr: James de La Cloche joins Jesuits in Rome. Sweden joins England and Holland against France in Triple Alliance. May: Roux in London betrayed by Morland. Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle: France cedes Franche Comté, but keeps gains in Flanders. Jul: Louis de Cavoye imprisoned in Conciergerie. Aug: Roux visits Switzerland. Montespan in Paris makes protest against his wife’s adultery. Sep: Montespan arrested and banished. Le Sage sentenced to the galleys, Mariette to Saint-Lazare. Oct: La Cloche leaves Rome. Dec: Mariette escapes from Saint-Lazare. Roux returns to London and meets Veyras. Colbert, back in favour, falls ill after taking medicine. La Cloche returns to Rome. Month unknown: Eustache de Cavoye locked up in Saint-Lazare. |
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1669 |
Jan: Charles II begins secret negotiations with Louis XIV. La Cloche arrives in Naples with companion who continues to Malta. Feb: La Cloche marries. Pregnani arrives in London. Molière’s third Tartuffe is authorized. Mar: Secret birth of Athénais de Montespan’s first child by Louis XIV. La Cloche imprisoned in Naples. Pregnani visits Newmarket. May: Roux kidnapped in Switzerland. Jun: Beaufort disappears at Candy. Roux interrogated and executed in Paris. Croissy suggests extraditing Veyras and Martin. La Cloche is released. Jul: La Cloche dies in Naples. Pregnani returns to France. Lauzun insults Athénais de Montespan and defies Louis XIV. Warrant issued for arrest of Danger. Aug: Danger imprisoned at Pignerol. Sep: Death of Henrietta of France. Dec: Discovery of plot for Fouquet’s escape. |
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1670 |
Publication of Elomire. Secret Treaty of Dover. Death of Madame, Henrietta of England. Louvois visits Pignerol and changes garrison. Madame Dufresnoy becomes mistress of Louvois. Marquise de Brinvilliers poisons her two brothers. Mademoiselle proposes marriage to Lauzun. |
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1671 |
Death of Lionne. Pomponne succeeds as Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Marriage of Monsieur and Princess Palatine. Kéroualle killed in action. Lauzun imprisoned at Pignerol. |
|
1672 |
French invasion of Holland. Louis de Cavoye released from prison. Discovery of plot for Lauzun’s escape. Oldendorf under surveillance in Brussels. Death of Madeleine Béjart. |
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1673 |
Death of Molière and d’Artagnan. Capture of Oldendorf. James publicly recognized to be Catholic. Le Sage released from galleys. Saint-Mars acquires letters of nobility. Marquise de Brinvilliers tried in absentia and sentenced to death. |
|
1674 |
French reconquer Franche Comté. Royal apartments at Versailles are completed. Athénais de Montespan granted legal separation. Louise de La Vallière takes the veil. Madame Dufresnoy becomes Lady of the Queen’s Bed. Brienne locked up in Saint-Lazare. Dominican monk transferred to Pignerol. Execution of Rohan. Birth of Regent. |
|
1675 |
Vivonne becomes marshal. |
|
1676 |
Dubreuil imprisoned at Pignerol. Armande Béjart traduced for incest. Execution of Marquise de Brinvilliers. Birth of Lagrange-Chancel. |
|
1677 |
Armande Béjart remarries. Matthioli in Verona contacted by French. |
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1678 |
The Popish plot. Court moves to Versailles. Eustache de Cavoye writes to his sister. Matthioli in Paris signs agreement for sale of Casale. |
|
1679 |
Peace of Nijmegen: France keeps Franche Comté and gains in Spanish Netherlands. Pomponne dismissed; Croissy succeeds as Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Le Sage rearrested. Chambre Ardente set up to investigate poisonings. Fouquet’s wife and daughter allowed to live with him. Matthioli and servant kidnapped and imprisoned at Pignerol. Eustache de Cavoye writes petition to Louis XIV. Monmouth banished to Holland. Marie-Angélique de Fontages becomes mistress of Louis XIV. Death of Gondinet. |
|
1680 |
Chambre Ardente widens investigation to include sorcery. Comtesse de Soissons escapes to Holland to avoid arrest. Exclusion Bill passed by Commons. Richard Cromwell returns to England. Fouquet dies. Danger and La Rivière become secret prisoners. Marriage of Dauphin. Death of Morelhie. |
|
1681 |
Lauzun released from Pignerol. Casale bought and occupied by French. Saint-Mars moves to Exiles with two prisoners. Death of Marie-Angélique de Fontanges. |
|
1682 |
Versailles becomes seat of government. Louis XIV suppresses Chambre Ardente. Monmouth returns to England. Report of Matthioli’s imprisonment at Pignerol published in Cologne. Story of Beaufort’s imprisonment in Constantinople told in Paris. |
|
1683 |
Rye House plot. Monmouth expelled to Holland. Death of Colbert: Seigneley and Le Peletier succeed him in office. Death of Vermandois and of Maria-Teresa. |
|
1684 |
Morganatic marriage of Louis XIV and Françoise de Maintenon. |
|
1685 |
Death of Charles II. Succession of James II. Rebellion and execution of Monmouth. Revocation of Edict of Nantes. Death of Le Tellier. |
|
1686 |
Esoteric paintings made in Monastery of Cimiez. League of Augsberg against France. |
|
1687 |
Saint-Mars moves to Sainte-Marguerite Island with one prisoner, wearing a mask of steel. Story published in Leyden that prisoner of Saint-Mars is Matthioli. |
|
1688 |
The Glorious Revolution: William III and Mary II accede to the throne; James II escapes to France. Outbreak of war between France and Austria. Destruction of Palatinate. Armande Béjart libelled for incest. |
|
1689 |
Le Peletier retires: Pontchartrain succeeds as Controller of Finance. First Protestant minister imprisoned on Sainte-Marguerite. |
|
1690 |
Du Junca becomes King’s Lieutenant at the Bastille. Death of Seigneley. |
|
1691 |
Siege of Cuneo. Arrest of Bulonde. Athénais de Montespan enters convent. Death of Louvois; Barbezieux succeeds as Minister of War. Death of Madame Saint-Mars. |
|
1692 |
Publication at Cologne of Les Amours d’Anne d’Autriche avec C.D.R.. |
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1693 |
Death of Mademoiselle and of eldest son of Saint-Mars. |
|
1694 |
Prisoners of Pignerol transferred to Sainte-Marguerite. Death of Mary II. Birth of Voltaire. |
|
1695 |
The Mooress of Moret takes the veil. Imprisonment of Fillibert in the Bastille. |
|
1696 |
Barclay’s conspiracy. French abandon Pignerol. Death of Croissy. Torcy becomes Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Birth of Maréchal Richelieu. |
|
1697 |
Treaty of Ryswick: Louis XIV recognizes William III. La Reynie retires as Lieutenant of Police and is replaced by d’Argenson. Death of Besmaux. |
|
1698 |
Saint-Mars moves to the Bastille with one prisoner wearing a mask of velvet. Portland’s embassy to Versailles. Disappearance of Barclay. Death of Brienne. Birth of Griffet. |
|
1699 |
Fériol becomes ambassador to Constantinople. Pontchartrain becomes Chancellor; Chamillart succeeds as Controller of Finance. Death of Pomponne. |
|
1700 |
Publication of Mémoires de M. d’Artagnan. Marriage of youngest son of Saint-Mars. |
|
1701 |
Death of Barbezieux; Chamillart succeeds as Minister of War, while continuing to be Controller of Finance. Death of Monsieur, of James II and of Montespan. |
|
1702 |
Beginning of War of Spanish Succession. Renneville imprisoned in the Bastille. Avedik becomes Patriarch of Constantinople. Death of William III. Succession of Anne. |
|
1703 |
Death of masked prisoner and of youngest son of Saint-Mars. Avedik imprisoned in Syria. |
|
1704 |
Publication of Grimarest’s Vie de M. de Moli re. Avedik returns to Constantinople. |
|
1705 |
Death of Rosarges. |
|
1706 |
Destruction of Nice castle by the French. Avedik kidnapped and confined at Mont-Saint-Michel. Death of Du Junca. |
|
1707 |
Death of Athénais de Montespan. |
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1708 |
Death of Saint-Mars. Desmarets becomes Controller of Finance. |
|
1709 |
Chamillart retires. Voysin becomes Minister of War. Avedik transferred to the Bastille. Louis XIV destroys records of Chambre Ardente. Death of Bulonde and of La Reynie. |
|
1710 |
Avedik abjures his faith. Death of Louise de La Vallière. Birth of Louis XV. |
|
1711 |
Madame, Princess Palatine, learns story of masked prisoner. Richelieu imprisoned in Bastille for short time. Death of Dauphin and Avedik. |
|
1712 |
Death of Richard Cromwell. Birth of Palteau. |
|
1713 |
Renneville released. Death of Ru and of Marguerite de Carteret. |
|
1714 |
Pontchartrain retires. Death of Anne. Succession of George I. |
|
1715 |
Publication of Renneville’s L’Inquisition Fran aise ou L’Histoire de la Bastille. Death of Louis XIV and of Laprade. |
|
1716 |
Richelieu again in the Bastille. Regent’s daughter becomes Richelieu’s mistress. Death of Louis de Cavoye. |
|
1717 |
Voltaire imprisoned in the Bastille. |
|
1718 |
Voltaire released. |
|
1719 |
Death of Françoise de Maintenon. Richelieu again in the Bastille. |
|
1720 |
Lagrange-Chancel imprisoned on Sainte-Marguerite. |
|
1721 |
Death of Chamillart, of Desmarets and of d’Argenson. |
|
1723 |
Death of Lauzun, of Renneville and of the Regent. Succession of Louis XV. |
|
1727 |
Death of Pontchartrain. |
|
1740 |
Death of Corbé. |