| 1678/00/00 |
Jules Hardouin-Mansart |
Architect |
Construction begins on La Galerie des Glaces, completed in 1684 |
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| 1679/12/00 |
Charles Lebrun |
Painter |
After signing the Treaty of Nijmegen, Louis XIV has Le Brun depict his accomplishments on the ceiling of La Galerie des Glaces. Le Brun's 30 paintings show Louis as Roman emperor, great administrator of the kingdom and victor over foreign powers. |
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| 1709/00/00 |
Louis XIV of France |
Health |
Doctor Antoine Daquin forbids Louis XIV from eating strawberries which give him serious indigestion. The monarch will carry on eating des fraises with wine for at least another year. |
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| 1710/02/15 |
Louis XV of France |
Born |
Louis XV is born in the Palace of Versailles. |
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| 1729/09/04 |
Louis, Dauphin of France |
Born |
Louis, Dauphin of France is born at the Palace of Versailles. |
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| 1745/02/25 |
Madame de Pompadour |
Guest |
Jeanne d'Etiolles meets Louis XV at the grand masked ball to celebrate the wedding of the Dauphin Louis-Ferdinand to Maria Teresa Rafaela, held in The Hall of Mirrors. She would soon became his official mistress. |
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| 1754/08/23 |
Louis XVI of France |
Born |
Louis-Auguste de France is born in the Palace of Versailles. One of seven children, he is the second surviving son of Louis, the Dauphin of France, and Marie-Josephe of Saxony. |
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| 1763/12/15 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Performer |
After playing for Louis XV and his mistress, Mozart wants to give Mme de Pompadour a kiss but the Marquise refuses. Wolgang is offended for he has already kissed Empress Maria Theresa. The rigidity of the French Court shocks the Mozart family. |
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Mozart, Mozart and Mozart European Tour, 1763 |
| 1763/12/15 |
Madame de Pompadour |
Hostess |
In mid-December, Louis XV and Mme de Pompadour receive the Mozart trio. Leopold finds the Marquise very beautiful but extremely proud, and feels that she seems to consider herself an empress. Wolfgang whispers to his dad that she looks like their cook. |
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Mozart, Mozart and Mozart European Tour, 1763 |
| 1763/12/15 |
Leopold Mozart |
Performer |
In mid-December, Louis XV and Mme de Pompadour receive the Mozart trio. Leopold finds the Marquise very beautiful but extremely proud, and feels that she seems to consider herself an empress. Wolfgang whispers to his dad that she looks like their cook. |
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Mozart, Mozart and Mozart European Tour, 1763 |
| 1764/00/00 |
Claude-Francois-Dorothee |
Work |
Claude-Francois-Dorothee serves as a page for Maria Josepha of Saxony at the Chateau de Versailles. He will return home after the death of the princess in 1767. |
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| 1764/01/01 |
Louis XV of France |
Host |
At the end of the meal Louis XV asks to hear Wolfgang play the organ. A time is set for the following day, but the king heads directly to the Royal Chapel, and everyone follows after him. |
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Mozart, Mozart and Mozart European Tour, 1763 |
| 1764/01/01 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Performer |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart plays a flood of harmonious music for Louis XV and his royal entourage. The king is astounded. |
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Mozart, Mozart and Mozart European Tour, 1763 |
| 1764/04/15 |
Madame de Pompadour |
Died |
Madame de Pompadour dies of tuberculosis in Versailles |
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| 1770/06/00 |
Marie Antoinette |
Life |
Marie Antoinette introduces the croissant to the French Royal Court. |
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Croissant |
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| 1778/00/00 |
Carlo Buonaparte |
Work |
Buonaparte is named Corsica's Representative to the Court of Louis XVI. Buonaparte will twice visit Versailles Palace. "In Paris I received 4,000 francs from the King and a fee of 1,000 crowns from the government, but I came back without a penny." CB |
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| 1787/00/00 |
Marie Antoinette |
Owner |
Sebastien Erard makes a piano for Marie-Antoinette, 1786-1787. |
Marie Antoinette's Piano |
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| 1788/00/00 |
Marie Antoinette |
Owner |
About 100 musical instruments, including 17 piano-fortes, are inventoried at Chateau de Versailles. Queen's household spends 2,000 pounds for musical instruments. |
Marie Antoinette's Pianoforte |
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| 1796/04/18 |
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The Central Museum of the Arts of Versailles officially opens to the public for two days out of every ten. |
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| 1797/04/00 |
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"Amalthee et la chevre de Jupiter" by Pierre Julien is moved to Versailles. |
Amalthee et la chevre de Jupiter (Julien) |
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| 1802/00/00 |
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In French Republican Year X, "Dying Gaul" by Pierre Julien is noted as No 360 in the Special Museum of the French School at the former palace of Versailles. |
Dying Gaul (Julien Louvre) |
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| 1919/06/28 |
Woodrow Wilson |
US President |
Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. |
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Treaty of Versailles |
| 1919/06/28 |
David Lloyd George |
British Delegate |
Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. |
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Treaty of Versailles |
| 1919/06/28 |
Harry Graf Kessler |
German Delegate |
Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. |
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Treaty of Versailles |
| 1924/00/00 |
William Welles Bosworth |
Architect |
Rockefeller Jr funds the restoration of the Palace of Versailles. |
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| 1924/00/00 |
John D Rockefeller Jr |
Benefactor |
Rockefeller Jr funds the restoration of the Palace of Versailles. |
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| 1942/03/06 |
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Noel Coypel's ceiling in the Queen's Guard Room collapses trigering a vast campaign to restore the ceilings. |
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| 1955/00/00 |
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A piano-forte is exhibited during the "Marie-Antoinette, Archidauchesse, Dauphine et Queen" exhibition at the Palace of Versailles. The instrument is currently in a private collection. |
Marie Antoinette's Pianoforte |
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