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176 matches to Louis XV
Anne of Austria. 1601-66. Wife of Louis XIII. Founded Feuillantines, 1622; Val-de-Grâce, 1638. Regent for Louis XIV until he became of age.
Anne of Bretagne. 1477-1514. Wife of Charles VIII, 1491, then of Louis XII, 1499. Began union of Brittany with France.
Aragon, Louis. 1897-1982. French Romantic poet + Communist.
Armstrong, Louis. 1900-71. US New Orleans Jazz trumpeter and band leader.
Art Nouveau. (Jugendstil). 1885-1910. Originally English style of art and architecture. Reaction to Industrial uniformity. Beardsley. Tiffany. Gaudi.
Ballet. Dance form originating in 15C Italy, and codified in Louis XIV court. Refined by Russians 19C.
Balue, Jean. 1421-91. Cardinal, Minister of Louis XI. Plotted with Louis the Bold vs king.
Balzac, Jean-Louis. 1597-1654. French writer. Lettres 1624.
Barrault, Jean-Louis. 1910-94. French actor, producer. F. Théâtre d’Orsay.
Bart, Jean. 1650-1702. French privateer for Louis XIV vs English.
Battenberg. Family name anglicized to Mountbatten.
Bellier, Catherine. (One-Eyed Kate). Amply rewarded for bestowing her favours on 16 yr. old Louis XIV.
Bernini, Lorenzo. 1598-1680. Italian Baroque painter, sculptor, architect. Louis XIV bust. Apollo and Daphne 1616. St. Theresa 1646.
Black Code. 1685. Louis XIV edict on treatment of slaves in French colonies.
Blanc, Louis. 1811-82. French Utopian Socialist. Theory of equal wages. National Workshops. Organization du Travail 1839.
Blanche of Castile. 1188-1252. Mother, regent for St. Louis. Hôtel de Nesle. Helped unify France.
Blanqui, Louis. 1805-81. French militant socialist. Coined: “Dictatorship of the Proletariat”, “Industrial Revolution”, 1837. Unsuccessful uprising 1839. Commune leader. Secret societies.
Blériot, Louis. 1872-1936. French aviator. First plane to cross Channel, 1909.
Bonaparte, Louis. 1778-1846. King of Holland 1806-10. Forced to abdicate after opposing Continental System. Napoleon’s brother.
Botha, Louis. 1862-1919. First Prime Minister 1910- of South Africa.
Bougainville, Louis. 1729-1811. First French circumnavigation 1766-9. Voyage autour du monde 1771.
Braille, Louis. 1809-1852. French inventor of raised alphabet for the blind, 1824.
Broglie, Louis de. 1892-1987. Italian/French physicist. Wave/particle theory.
Cagliorosto. 1743-95. Italian charlatan in Louis XIV court. Diamond Necklace Affair.
Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. 1894-1961. French writer: Voyage au bout de la nuit 1932.