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Thursday 14th of May 1643

381 years ago



5-year-old King of France and Navarre Louis XIV, originally Louis Dieudonné aka Le Roi du Soleil becomes King upon the death of his father Louis XIII in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

Louis' reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country in European history.