XEE4187356: Louis XIV, known as the Sun King (King Soleil or Louis the Great, 1638-1715), attended the first performance of the theatre piece “Esther” by Jean Racine (1639-1699) by the ladies of Saint-Cyr (Saint Cyr) on 26 January 1689. Chromotypography in “” Le Roy Soleil”” (Louis XIV) by Gustave Toutwelve, Illustration by Maurice Leloir (1853-1940), 1904. Privee Collection., Leloir, Maurice (1853-1940) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4187363: The Fire of the castle of Heidelberg bombed by the French forces of General Ezechiel du Mas, Count of Melac (1630-1704) during the War of the League of Augsburg in 1689 and 1693. Chromotypography in “” Le Roy Soleil”” (Louis XIV) by Gustave Toutwelve, Illustration by Maurice Leloir (1853-1940), 1904. Privee Collection., Leloir, Maurice (1853-1940) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4187233: Fronde, July 4, 1652: The Grande Mademoiselle (Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans de Montpensier, 1627-1693) had the cannon fired from the bastille ramparts in Paris on the troops of the king of France Louis XIV known as Le Roi-Soleil (King Soleil or Louis the Great, 1638-1715). Chromotypography in “” Le Roy Soleil”” (Louis XIV) by Gustave Toutwelve, Illustration by Maurice Leloir (1853-1940), 1904. Privee Collection., Leloir, Maurice (1853-1940) / Bridgeman Images