On this day, Louis XIV makes a diplomatic appointment:
“For the embassy to Constantinople, The King has named M de Châteauneuf, counsellor of the Parlement, a man of much wit. It is M de Seignelay who proposed him. He is of a Savoyard house, and his father was a senator in Chambéry. Many people of both the Sword and the Robe put themselves forward for th…
