Louis XIV of France, the absolute monarch known as the Sun King, said, possibly apocryphally, “L’État, c’est moi,” literally, ...
Bust of Louis XIV by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Palace of Versailles Photograph by DEA/Album The rivers, canal network, and ports froze, and snow reportedly blocked roads across France. In the port of ...
The machine was designed at the request of the French king Louis XIV—the monarch who commissioned ... The king hired her to travel throughout rural France to train other midwives in the ...
Andy Warhol in his house on Lexington Avenue, New York City, 1966 | Louis XIV, King of France 1638-1715, by Claude Lefèbvre | BBC / Getty Images Andy Warhol seemed to come from the future - from ...
The first lawns were created by the nobles and aristocrats of 17th- and 18th-century Europe, including Louis XIV of France, whose Versailles gardens were the first to include squares of tapis vert ...
In the early 1670s, about 1000 young women - nicknamed the king's daughters - arrived in New France to help populate ... Secretary of State for Louis XIV's navy, dreamt of making his country ...
3. King Louis XIV of France sent the popularity of heels stratospheric A big moment in the history of the high heel was when France’s king, Louis XIV, took a fancy to them. The vertically ...
La Salle claims the region and names it Louisiana in honor of King Louis XIV of France. February 10: The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Seven Years' War and resulting in Spain taking ...
The sprawling grounds of France’s opulent Palace of Versailles ... The machine was designed at the request of the French king Louis XIV—the monarch who commissioned Versailles, also known ...