Science and Splendor," a new exhibition illustrates how the royal court encouraged innovation during the reigns of Louis XIV, ...

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 ...

Louis XIV is one of Europe's best remembered kings, known for ordering the building of the Palace of Versailles, leading an incredibly opulent life, and creating an absolute monarchy in France.

Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, with the same apparatus used to execute common criminals ...

Louis XIV then hired the most illustrious architects ... s apartments and exposed anyone traveling between the two to France’s unpredictable weather. The marble-clad hall features 17 arched ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...