Fall of Nicolas Fouquet
1661–1664 · Event
Louis XIV has d'Artagnan arrest his over-mighty finance minister after a too-lavish fête at Vaux-le-Vicomte; Fouquet dies in Pignerol under Saint-Mars.
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