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Louis XIV's Record Reign

Sep 1 King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years—the longest of any major European monarch.

The Sun King of France Louis XIV

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 22 Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (d. 1786)
  • Sep 30 Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French philosopher (d. 1780)
Born in 1715

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 1 François Girardon, French sculptor (b. 1628)

Louis XIV (1638-1715)

Sep 1 King of France (1643-1715), known as "The Sun King", had longest reign in country, dies at 76

Louis XIV
  • Sep 2 Constantin Christian Dedekind, German composer and poet, dies at 87
  • Sep 14 Dom Pérignon, French-Benedictine monk who helped improve the quality of champagne, dies at 76 or 77

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