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Louis XVIII

King of France and Navarre from 1814 to 1815 and from 1815 to 1824 (1755-1824)

12 dated entries naming Louis XVIII, drawn from 7 separate years between 1755 CE and 1824 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1755November 17 – Louis XVIII of France, brother of King Louis XVI (d. 1824)source
  • 1795June 8 – Louis XVII, Prince Royal and titular King of France, dies in captivity in the Temple (Paris) and will be buried in an unmarked grave. The heir to the French throne, his uncle Louis XVIII, succeeds him as titular king (he will become the actual king on April 6, 1814). On June 28, the French republican government announces the death, due to mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis (many doubt the statement).source

19th century

  • 1814April 6 – Napoleonic Wars – Bourbon Restoration: Louis XVIII is invited to occupy the restored French throne.source
  • 1814June 4 – Charter of 1814: Louis XVIII of France issues the Charter of 1814, a written constitution that retains royal supremacy and will remain in force from 1814 to 1815 and again from 1815 to 1830.source
  • 1814May 3 – The Duke of Provence, the future Louis XVIII, returns to Paris.source
  • 1815July 8 – Napoleonic Wars: Louis XVIII returns to Paris, and is 'restored' as King of France (he had declared himself king on 8 June 1795, at the death of his nephew, 10-year-old Louis XVII, and had lived in Westphalia, Verona, Russia, and England).source
  • 1816April 28 – The French Caisse des dépôts et consignations, a public investment body, is created by Louis XVIII.source
  • 1816March 21 – The Institut de France is reorganized by King Louis XVIII into four royal academies: a revived Académie française; the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres; the Royal Academy of Sciences; and the Académie des Beaux-Arts.source
  • 1816September 6 – King Louis XVIII dissolves the Chambre introuvable, the legislature that had been elected after the Second Bourbon Restoration re-established the old monarchy.source
  • 1820February 13 – The Assassination of the Duke of Berry takes place in Paris. The Duke of Berry, nephew of Louis XVIII, is stabbed to death while attending the Paris Opera.source
  • 1824September 16 – Charles X succeeds his brother Louis XVIII as King of France.source
  • 1824September 16 – King Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)source

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