Palace of Versailles built
1661–1715 · Work
Louis XIV's expanded hunting lodge becomes the seat of French royal power and Baroque taste.
On these timelines: Master, Arts and Thoughts, France
Around 1661
- Newton's Principia Mathematica (1687)
- English Civil War (1642)
- Thirty Years' War (1618)
- Qing dynasty (1644)
- Peace of Westphalia (1648)
- Glorious Revolution (1688)
- English Bill of Rights (1689)
- Peter the Great (1672)
- Kingdom of Prussia proclaimed (1701)
- Age of Enlightenment (1685)