[1]Tomorrow:
September 1
312 B.C.: Era of Seleucus, Commonly used for dating in the ancient
world.
1557: Jacques Cartier d., French explorer dies at St Malo, Normandy,
France. --[2]labehotierre@wanadoo.fr
1715: Louis XIV d., King of France and Canada dies at Versailles,
France, of gangrene. His 72-year reign is the longest in European
history. The regency, confided to his mother, Anne of Austria, was
marked by a period of rebellion known as the Fronde (1648-1653), led
first by the nobility and later by the urban commoners. In 1660, Louis
XIV married Maria Theresa, Infanta of Spain. , on the death of his
godfather and prime minister, Cardinal Mazarin, the 23-year-old
monarch announced that he himself would govern. He convening a council
on a daily basis, from which he excluded grand nobles, surrounding
himself instead with ministers. The first twenty years of the king's
personal reign were the most brilliant. With his minister Colbert, he
carried out the administrative and financial reorganization of the
kingdom, as well as the development of trade and manufacturing. With
the Marquis de Louvois, he reformed the army and achieved military
victories. Louis encouraged an extraordinary blossoming of culture:
theatre (Molière and Racine), music (Lully), architecture, painting,
sculpture, and all the sciences (founding of the royal academies).
These accomplishments are depicted on the ceiling of the Hall of
Mirrors. Marie Mancini, Louise de la Vallière, Madame de Montespan and
others found their way to the king's bed. He organized extraordinary
festivities To please his harlots. Royal love affairs yielded many
offspring, whom Louis XIV either legitimized or betrothed to other
members of the royal family. --[3]labehotiere@wanadoo.fr
1807: Aaron Burr aquitted, of charges of plotting to set up an empire.
1849: California Constitutional Convention, held in Monterey
1870: Napoleon III captured, at Sedan --[4]labehotiere@wanadoo.fr
1985: Titanic found, Titanic, sunk in 1912, found by French & American
scientists. --[5]labehotiere@wanadoo.fr
References
1. http://www.quarterman.org/q/timeline.html
2. mailto:labehotierre@wanadoo.fr
3. mailto:labehotiere@wanadoo.fr
4. mailto:labehotiere@wanadoo.fr
5. mailto:labehotiere@wanadoo.fr
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