Sunday 25 August 2013

June

1.
Marie Antoinette's first performance on the private stage of Petit Trianon (1780)

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4.
A tourney is held in the riding school near Versailles (1685)

Dauphin Louis-Joseph-Xavier-Francois dies (1789)

5.
Cardinal Noailles blesses the fourth and final chapel of Versailles (1710)

6.
Louise de La Vallière dies (1710)

The Regent Diamond is bought and added to the French Crown Jewels (1717)

7.
Coronation of Louis XIV (1654)

Maria Teresa leaves Spain for France (1660)

8.
Louis-Charles dies in prison (1795)

9.
Louis XIV marries Maria Teresa of Spain (1660)

Philippe, Duc d'Orlèans - brother of Louis XIV - dies (1701)

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11.
Louis XIV takes the exiled King and Queen of England on a tour around his stables (1691)

Peter the Great visits the school of Saint Cyr (1717)

Louis XVI is crowned King of France (1775)

12.
Louis XIV hosts a ball in the "ball room" in the gardens for the King and Queen of England, the Duc and Duchesse d'Orlèans, the Princesses and the ladies of their suite (1691)

13.
The Duchesse de Bourgogne hosts a riding party consisting of herself and her husband, the Duc de Berry and four of her ladies (1707)

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15.
Louis XV moves into Versailles after having lived 7 years elsewhere (1722)

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18.
Louis XV opens the École Militaire (Military School of Saint-Cyr) - promoted by Mme. de Pompadour (1756)

19.
Sophie-Hélène-Béatrix (last daughter of Louis XVI) dies (1787)

20.
Louis XV, Madame de Pompadour and the royal family travels to Paris for the revealing of the statue of Louis XV in the Place de Louis XV (now the Place de la Concorde) (1763)

21.
Fête at Petit Trianon in honour of Gustav III of Sweden (1784)

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette tries to flee to Montmédy in vain (1791)

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23.
First fête at Marly (1684)

Marie Leszczynska is born (1703)

24.
Madame de Pompadour is created the Marquise de Pompadour (1745)

Marie Leszczynska dies (1768)

25.
The Duchesse de Bourgogne gives birth to the Duc de Bretagne (1707)

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29.
Wedding of Francois Louis de Bourbon-Conti, Prince de Conti and Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon-Condé (1688)

30.
Princess Henrietta of England - Duchesse d'Orlèans - dies (1670)

Queen Marie Thérèse dies at Versailles (1683)

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