Sunday 25 August 2013

February

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 Louis XVI involves France in the war between England and its colony, America (1778)

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Madame de Pompadour is made a dame du palais (lady-in-waiting extraordinary) to the Queen (1756)

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Louis, le Grand Dauphin marries Marie Josepha de Saxe (1747)

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The Seven Years' War ends (1763)

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Marie Adélaïde, Duchesse de Bourgogne and Dauphine – mother of Louis XV – dies (1712)

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Masked ball in the apartment of the Duchesse de Bourgogne (1708)

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The Princesse de Conti gives a ball in her apartments (1700)

Madame de Pompadour hosts the first performance of the theatrical plays in the private chambers (1747)

Funeral of Louis Philippe I de Bourbon-Orlèans, Duc d'Orlèans (1786)

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The Duc d'Antin throws a ball in his apartments in honour of the Duchesse de Bourgogne (1700)

Ball in the apartment of the Dauphin (1708)
Louis XV is born (1710)

Louis XV’s minority ends (1723)

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The opera "Thétis et Pélée" is performed at Trianon (1689)

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The porcelain factory of Sèvres is made Royal Manufacturer (1760)

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James II of England visits Versailles (1689)

Wedding of Philippe II de Bourbon-Orlèans, Duc de Chartres and Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Blois - legitimized daughter of Louis XIV (1692)

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Reception of Persian ambassadors by Louis XIV (1715) 

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Ball in the Queen's apartments (1775)
Mesdames Tantes flees France and heads for Italy (1791)

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La Voisin is burned at the stake following the Affair of the Poisons (1680)

Wedding of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (Louis XIV's legitimized son) and Sophie de Noailles, Marquise de Gondrin (1723)

Louis XV hosts his first Lit de Justice (1724)

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Louis de France - son of Louis XV and Marie Leszczynska - marries Marie Thérèse Raphaëlle (1745)

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Philippe, Duc d'Orlèans gives a mask ball at Saint-Cloud for 3000 guests (1699)

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The Ball of the Yew Trees - Madame de Pompadour meets Louis XV (1745)

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Funeral of the Dauphin (1766)

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Molière is presented to Louis XIV (1664)

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