{"slug": "palace-of-versailles", "label": "Palace of Versailles", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Versailles", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2946", "qid": "Q2946", "description": "palace in Versailles, France and location of the Museum of the History of France", "entries": 23, "years": 18, "span": [1624, 1978], "span_label": ["1624 CE", "1978 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 14}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 6}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Versailles"], "related": [{"slug": "louis-xv", "label": "Louis XV", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "louis-xiv", "label": "Louis XIV", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "jean-baptiste-lully", "label": "Jean-Baptiste Lully", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "moliere", "label": "Molière", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "louis-xvi", "label": "Louis XVI", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "silesia", "label": "Silesia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-v-of-spain", "label": "Philip V of Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "american-revolutionary-war", "label": "American Revolutionary War", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "german-empire", "label": "German Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wilhelm-i", "label": "Wilhelm I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "shandong", "label": "Shandong", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1624, "year_label": "1624 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "The Palace of Versailles is first built by Louis XIII, as a hunting lodge.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737006#Events", "title": "1624 in France", "revid": 1353737006, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1664, "year_label": "1664 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 12", "text": "May 12 – The original version of Tartuffe, a comedy by French playwright and actor Molière, is given its first performance, staged at the Palace of Versailles", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372648278#April–June", "title": "1664", "revid": 1372648278, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1665, "year_label": "1665 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 22", "text": "September 22 – Molière's L'Amour médecin is first presented, before Louis XIV, at the Palace of Versailles, with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988545#July–September", "title": "1665", "revid": 1365988545, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1682, "year_label": "1682 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 6", "text": "May 6 – Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560956#April–June", "title": "1682", "revid": 1369560956, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1683, "year_label": "1683 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – The tragic opera Phaëton, written by Jean-Baptiste Lully and Philippe Quinault, is premiered at the Palace of Versailles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366000368#January–March", "title": "1683", "revid": 1366000368, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1684, "year_label": "1684 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, designed by Jules Hardouin Mansart, is completed", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737592#Events", "title": "1684 in France", "revid": 1353737592, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1697, "year_label": "1697 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 7", "text": "December 7 – Louis, Duke of Burgundy, and Marie Adélaïde of Savoy marry in the royal chapel at the Palace of Versailles in France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355431044#October–December", "title": "1697", "revid": 1355431044, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1745, "year_label": "1745 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 23", "text": "February 23 – The royal wedding of the crown prince of France takes place at Versailles: the Dauphin Louis Ferdiand, eldest son of King Louis XV, is united in marriage to Princess Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, daughter of King Philip V. The Dauphin never takes the throne, dying in 1765, eight years before the death of his father.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353016128#January–March", "title": "1745", "revid": 1353016128, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1757, "year_label": "1757 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 2", "text": "February 2 – At Versailles in France, representatives of the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire enter into an alliance against Prussia, with each nation pledging 80,000 troops. Other clauses to the treaty, not disclosed to the public, commit Austria to pay Russia one million rubles per year during the war to pay for the expenses of 24,000 of the Russian troops, and two million rubles upon the conquest of Silesia (a Prussian province that had been seized from Austria in 1746).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370632620#January–March", "title": "1757", "revid": 1370632620, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1757, "year_label": "1757 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 2", "text": "2 February – At Versailles, representatives of the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire enter into an alliance against Prussia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738556#Events", "title": "1757 in France", "revid": 1353738556, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1762, "year_label": "1762 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Louis XV orders the construction of the Petit Trianon, in the park of the Palace of Versailles, for his mistress Madame de Pompadour.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806393#Date_unknown", "title": "1762", "revid": 1340806393, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1762, "year_label": "1762 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Louis XV orders construction of the Petit Trianon in the park of the Palace of Versailles to the design of Ange-Jacques Gabriel for his mistress Madame de Pompadour", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738601#Events", "title": "1762 in France", "revid": 1353738601, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1768, "year_label": "1768 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Petit Trianon, originally designed for Madame de Pompadour, is completed in the park of the Palace of Versailles, and inaugurated by Louis XV.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369390957#Date_unknown", "title": "1768", "revid": 1369390957, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1768, "year_label": "1768 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Petit Trianon, originally designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel for Madame de Pompadour, is completed in the park of the Palace of Versailles and inaugurated by Louis XV for Marie Antoinette", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738664#Full_date_unknown", "title": "1768 in France", "revid": 1353738664, "section": "Events › Full date unknown"}}, {"year": 1770, "year_label": "1770 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 16", "text": "May 16 – 14-year-old Marie Antoinette of Austria marries Louis-Auguste (who in 1774 becomes King Louis XVI) at the Palace of Versailles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368310921#April–June", "title": "1770", "revid": 1368310921, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1770, "year_label": "1770 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 16", "text": "16 May – 14-year-old Marie Antoinette of Austria marries Louis-Auguste (who in 1774 becomes King Louis XVI) at the Palace of Versailles", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738689#Events", "title": "1770 in France", "revid": 1353738689, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1783, "year_label": "1783 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 3", "text": "September 3 – Peace of Paris: A treaty between the United States and Great Britain is signed in Paris, formally ending the American Revolutionary War, in which Britain recognizes the independence of the United States; and treaties are signed between Britain, France, and Spain at Versailles, ending hostilities with the Franco-Spanish Alliance.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370056030#July–September", "title": "1783", "revid": 1370056030, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1784, "year_label": "1784 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 18", "text": "18 September – Dardanus, opera by Antonio Sacchini, was first performed at Versailles", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738898#Opera", "title": "1784 in France", "revid": 1353738898, "section": "Arts and culture › Opera"}}, {"year": 1789, "year_label": "1789 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 5", "text": "October 5 – Women's March on Versailles: Some 7,000 women march 12 mi from Paris to the royal Palace of Versailles to demand action over high bread prices.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818853#October–December", "title": "1789", "revid": 1368818853, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1871, "year_label": "1871 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 18", "text": "January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the south German states unite into a single nation state, known as the German Empire. The King of Prussia is declared the first German Emperor as Wilhelm I of Germany, in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368649173#January–March", "title": "1871", "revid": 1368649173, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1919, "year_label": "1919 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 18", "text": "January 18 – The Paris Peace Conference opens in France, with delegates from 27 nations attending for meetings at the Palace of Versailles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373508849#January", "title": "1919", "revid": 1373508849, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1919, "year_label": "1919 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 18", "text": "January 18 – The Paris Peace Conference opens at the Palace of Versailles, France. Japan sent a large delegation headed by the former Prime Minister, Marquess Saionji Kinmochi. It was originally one of the \"big five\" but relinquished that role because of its slight interest in European affairs. Instead it focused on two demands: the inclusion of their racial equality proposal in the League's Covenant and Japanese territorial claims with respect to former German colonies, namely Shantung (including Kiaochow) and the Pacific islands north of the Equator (the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, the Mariana Islands, and the Carolines). Makino Nobuaki was technically de facto chief while Saionji's role was symbolic and limited by his ill health.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366303647#Events", "title": "1919 in Japan", "revid": 1366303647, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 26", "text": "June 26 – A bombing by Breton nationalists causes destruction in the Palace of Versailles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#June", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › June"}}]}