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Louis and his family portrayed as Roman gods A 1670 painting. L to R: Louis' aunt, Henriette-Marie; his brother, Philippe, duc d'Orléans; the Duke's daughter, Marie Louise d'Orléans, and wife, Henriette-Anne Stuart; the Queen-mother, Anne of Austria; three daughters of Gaston d'Orléans; Louis XIV; the Dauphin Louis; Queen Marie-Thérèse; la Grande Mademoiselle.
Territorial expansion of France France territory from 1552 - 1798
Louis XIV King of France, in 1661
Sunspots A group of sunspots, labeled as Active Region 1520 rotated into view over the left side of the sun on July 7, 2012. The large spot on the bottom left stretches more than 11 Earths, or 87,000 miles across. The full chain of spots is closer to 200,000 miles across. This image was captured by amateur astronomer Alan Friedman on July 10.
Papal bull Inter Gravissimas By Pope Gregory XIII reformed the Julian Calendar into the new Gregorian Calendar
Detail of the tomb of Pope Gregory XIII Shows celebration of the introduction of the Gregorian calendar.
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Frontispiece of an English translation of Natural Magick English translation published in London in 1658
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