Versailles from the sky

1623-1634: Construction of the first palace: the Hunting Pavillion

Louis XIV and Marie-Thérèse of Austria

1662-1668: Transformation of Louis XIII’s palace by Louis Le Vau; Layout of the Park by André le Nôtre; digging of the Grand Canal as from 1667

1668-1678: Enlargement of the Palace by Le Vau: Fitting-out of the State Apartments, decorations by Charles Le Brun; Laying-out of the Groves; start of the South wing, the Neptune Basin and the Swiss Lake 

1679: Construction of the Grand and Lesser Stables

1682: The Court moves to Versailles

1678-1689: Construction of the Hall of Mirrors by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, decorative masterpiece by Charles Le Brun; Fitting-out of the War and Peace rooms surrounding the Hall of Mirrors; Construction of the North Wing and the South Wing; Construction of the Grand and Lesser Stables 

1687-1689: Construction of the Grand Trianon by Jules Hardouin-Mansart

1699-1712: Construction of the new Royal Chapel by Jules Hardouin-Mansart; Construction of the Hercules Salon on the site of the former royal chapel 

1715: death of Louis XIV on 1 September 1715

Louis XV and Marie Leszczynska

1722: Louis XV returns to Versailles

1722-1774: Fitting-out of the Private Apartments 

1733-1740: Decoration of the Hercules Salon by François Le Moyne; Fitting-out of the Neptune Basin 

1750: Creation of the botanical garden at Trianon by Claude Richard and Bernard de Jussieu

1761-1768: Construction of the Petit Trianon by Ange-Jacques Gabriel

1763-1770: Construction of the Opera House by Ange-Jacques Gabriel

1771: Construction of the Gabriel Wing

1774: death of Louis XV on 10 May 1774 

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

1774-1776: Replanting of the Park

1777-1778: Laying-out of the Formal Garden

1783-1787: Construction of the Queen’s Hamlet by Richard Mique

1789: The King and the royal family leave Versailles 

Revolution

1789-1793: Auction sale of a large part of the royal furniture 

1793: Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette are guillotined

Napoleon the 1st, 1st Empire

1806-1810: Projects to restore and enlarge the Palace; Re-furnishing of the Grand Trianon

Restoration

1820: The Apartments of the Palace are repaired 

Louis Philippe, the July Monarchy 

1837: Versailles becomes a History Museum dedicated "to all of France’s glories"