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   Battle of Rocroi   Bourbon
 19th May Rocroi   1st French victory in decades
 19th May Rocroi   Leads a French army of 23,000 to victory over a Spanish army of 20,000
   Battle of Rocroi   Enghien
 19th May Rocroi   Defeats the Spanish army which is invading France & heading for Paris
   Battle of Rocroi   Louis XIV the Sun King
 19th May Rocroi   Victory over Spain gives France hegemony in Europe in place of Spain
   Capture of Thionville   Enghien
 23rd June Thionville   Captures the fotress of Thionville to secure Lorraine & the Rhine valley
   Constitution   Anne of Austria
 18th May   Granted sole & absolute power by the Paris Parliament
   Death of Louis XIII   Louis XIII
 14th May Paris   Dies after a 33 year dominated by his mother Marie de'Medici & Cardinal Richelieu
   Marshal   Turenne
    Appointed Marshal of France
   Regent   Anne of Austria
 14th May Paris   Appointed Member of the Regency Council
   Regent   Mazarin, Jules
 14th May Paris   Appointed Member of the Regency Council on behalf of Louis XIV until his majority
   Succession of Louis XIV   Louis XIV the Sun King
 14th May Paris   Succeeds as King of France
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