Louis XIV vs Mei Wending
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Compare the life timelines of Louis XIV (1638–1715) and Mei Wending (1633–1721) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 77 years, from 1638 to 1715.
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Louis XIV (1638–1715)
- — Born at Saint-Germain-en-Laye Verified
- — Became King of France at age four Verified
- — Began his personal rule after the death of Cardinal Mazarin
- — Moved the royal court to the Palace of Versailles Verified
- — Revoked the Edict of Nantes
- — Died at Versailles Verified
Mei Wending (1633–1721)
- — Born in Xuancheng, Anhui Province Verified
- — Studied astronomy and calendrical science in his youth
- — Wrote his first treatise on calendrical astronomy
- — Consulted on the official Ming History calendrical treatises Verified
- — Published Lixue yiwen (Queries on Mathematical Astronomy)
- — Received in audience by the Kangxi Emperor Verified
- — Grandson Mei Juecheng appointed to the imperial mathematical bureau Verified
- — Died in Xuancheng Verified