September 1, 1715
Death of Louis XIV; his great-grandson Louis XV succeeds
Louis XIV died after 72 years on the throne, leaving a powerful but war-weary and heavily indebted France to his five-year-old great-grandson Louis XV.
September 1, 1715
Louis XIV died after 72 years on the throne, leaving a powerful but war-weary and heavily indebted France to his five-year-old great-grandson Louis XV.