Louis XIV of France, the absolute monarch known as the Sun King, said, possibly apocryphally, “L’État, c’est moi,” literally, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers looking for the remains of Patrick Sarsfield, one of the great tragic figures of Irish history, have found a skeleton in Belgium which they believe may be him. Sarsfield was one of the ...

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 ...

Alexandre Dumas' classic story about good and evil twin brothers: the imprisoned man in the hideous iron mask and his foppish, elegant twin brother, King Louis XIV of France.

Built in Paris in the late 12th century, the Louvre Palace for centuries was the official residence of the kings of France, until Louis XIV - weary of rebellious crowds in Paris - abandoned it for ...

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 ...