Death of Louis XIV
The Sun King's 72-year reign comes to an end
On 1 September 1715 Louis XIV died at Versailles after a reign of 72 years, the longest of any monarch in European history. He had made France the leading power of the continent but left it deep in debt from his wars; his five-year-old great-grandson became Louis XV.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1700–1721 Great Northern War — 15 years earlier
- 1703 Founding of Saint Petersburg — 12 years earlier
- 1709 Battle of Poltava — 6 years earlier
- 1721 Proclamation of the Russian Empire — 6 years later
Middle East
- 1722 Fall of Isfahan — 7 years later
- 1736 Nader Shah takes the throne of Iran — 21 years later
Asia
- 1707 Death of Aurangzeb — 8 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Louis XIV (aged 77)
- Isaac Newton (aged 72)
- Kangxi Emperor (aged 61)
- Peter the Great (aged 43)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (aged 30)
- Voltaire (aged 21)
- Benjamin Franklin (aged 9)
- Mikhail Lomonosov (aged 4)
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (aged 69)
- Ahmed III (aged 42)