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King Louis XIV of France dies after 72 years on throne 300 years ago today (Sep 1 1715)

September 1, 20151720s and beforeadmin


Video: 'Mini Bio: Louis XIV'

(Thursday, September 1, 1715) — Following a reign of 72 years, King Louis XIV of France died today of gangrene at Versailles, four days before his 77th birthday.

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2014: War on terror: Iraq • Afghanistan • Syria | South Sudan | Boko Haram insurgency
2004: War on terror: Iraq • Afghanistan
1994: Yugoslav Wars: Bosnian War
1984: Soviet–Afghan War | Lebanese Civil War | 1982 Lebanon War | Iran–Iraq War
1974: Recession | Vietnam War | Space Race
1964: Civil rights | Space Race | Vietnam War
1954: Second Red Scare | civil rights
1944: World War II: Europe • Atlantic • Asia-Pacific • Mediterranean and Middle East
1944: The Holocaust • Final Solution • Anne Frank at Bergen-Belsen • diary
1944: Internment of Japanese Americans
1934: Great Depression | Chinese Civil War
1924: Prohibition in the United States
1914: World War I: Europe • Middle East • Africa • Asia-Pacific • Naval theatres
1904: Russo-Japanese War | Moro Rebellion
1864: American Civil War | Colorado War
1854: Bleeding Kansas | Crimean War
1814: War of 1812

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1991-present: Somali Civil War
1979-present: Iran–Saudi proxy conflict
1978–present: Afghan conflict
1971–present: War on drugs
1948-present: Korean conflict
1948-present: Arab–Israeli conflict
1947-present: Indo-Pakistani wars/conflicts
1966-1998: The Troubles
1947-1991: Cold War
1946-1991: Indochina Wars
1896-1954: Jim Crow era
1776-1924: American Indian Wars
1865-1896: Civil rights movement
1815-1861: Antebellum South
1776-1865: Slavery in the United States
1776-1838: Atlantic Revolutions

U.S. Presidents-Vice Presidents in office at this moment in previous decades:

2014: Barack Obama-Joe Biden
2004: +George W. Bush-Dick Cheney
1994: Bill Clinton-Al Gore
1984: Ronald Reagan-George H.W. Bush
1974: #Gerald Ford-@Nelson Rockefeller
1964: >Lyndon B. Johnson-(vacant)
1954: Dwight D. Eisenhower-Richard Nixon
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt-Henry A. Wallace
1934: Franklin D. Roosevelt-John N. Garner
1924: >Calvin Coolidge-(vacant)
1914: Woodrow Wilson-Thomas R. Marshall
1904: >Theodore Roosevelt-(vacant)
1894: Grover Cleveland-Adlai Stevenson I
1884: >Chester A. Arthur-(vacant)
1874: Ulysses S. Grant-Henry Wilson
1864: Abraham Lincoln-Hannibal Hamlin
1854: Franklin Pierce-(vacant)
1844: >*John Tyler-(vacant)
1834: *Andrew Jackson-Martin Van Buren
1824: *James Monroe-Daniel D. Tompkins
1814: *James Madison-(vacant)
1804: *Thomas Jefferson-Aaron Burr
1794: *George Washington-John Adams

+ Took office after stolen election
^ Elected without winning popular vote
> Ascended to presidency intra-term upon death or resignation of predecessor and in Ford’s case #, after being appointed VP under 25th Amendment
@ Appointed VP under the 25th Amendment
* Owned slaves while in office

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