The " Days of April " ( journées d ' avril ) is a name appropriated in French history to a series of insurrections at Lyons, Paris and elsewhere, against the government of Louis Philippe in 1834, which led to violent repressive measures, and to a famous trial known as the procès d ' avril.

* 1706 – Louis de Cahusac, French playwright and librettist, and Freemason ( d. 1759 )

* 1902 – Louis Beel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands ( d. 1977 )

* 1664 – Fran &# 231 ; ois Louis, Prince of Conti, French general ( d. 1709 )

* 1644 – Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France ( d. 1710 )

* 1717 – Louis François, Prince of Conti ( d. 1776 )

* 1764 – Louis Baraguey d ' Hilliers, French general ( d. 1816 )

* 1920 – Louis Pauwels, French journalist and writer ( d. 1997 )

* 1899 – Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver ( d. 1979 )

* 1779 – Louis de Freycinet, French explorer ( d. 1842 )

* 1903 – Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist ( d. 1972 )

* 778 – Louis the Pious ( d. 840 )

* 1892 – Louis de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1987 )

* 1682 – Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy ( d. 1712 )

* 1743 – Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France ( d. 1793 )

* 1707 – Louis I of Spain ( d. 1724 )

* 1767 – Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French military leader and politician ( d. 1794 )

* 1754 – Louis XVI of France ( d. 1793 )

* 1905 – Louis Jean Heydt, American actor ( d. 1960 )

* 1814 – Louis Amédée Achard, French novelist ( d. 1875 )

* 1821 – Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton ( d. 1892 )

* 1901 – Louis Armstrong, American trumpeter and singer ( d. 1971 )

In 1701, senior living representatives of lines passed over in favor of Sophia included Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans, Louis Otto, Prince of Salm and his sisters, Anne Henriette, Princess of Condé, Benedicta Henrietta, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Sophia's sister Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate.

Then the king came to the Haye in Touraine and his men had passed the river of Loire, some at the bridge of Orléans and some at Meung, at Saumur, at Blois, and at Tours and whereas they might: they were in number a twenty thousand men of arms beside other ; there were a twenty-six dukes and earls ( Counts ) and more than sixscore banners, and the four sons of the king, who were but young, the duke Charles of Normandy, the lord Louis, that was from thenceforth duke of Anjou, and the lord John duke of Berry, and the lord Philip, who was after duke of Burgoyne ".

* then to Louis II, Duke of Orléans, of the Orléans branch of the Valois, who became Louis XII of France,

He remained on the move, sheltering with his friend Louis du Tillet in Angoulême and taking refuge in Noyon and Orléans.

The king's brother Duke Louis of Orléans and the king's cousin John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, quarreled over the regency of France and the guardianship of the royal children.

* 1725 – Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ( d. 1785 )

* 1407 – A truce between John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspices of John, Duke of Berry.

Stephen also raised Bishop Theodulf of Orléans to the rank of Archbishop, and had Louis release from their exile all political prisoners originally from Rome who had been held by the emperor resulting from the conflict that plagued the early part of Pope Leo III ’ s reign.

The guillotine ( called the " National Razor ") became the symbol of the revolutionary cause, strengthened by a string of executions: Marie Antoinette, King Louis XVI, the Girondins, Philippe Égalité ( Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ), and Madame Roland, as well as many others, such as pioneering chemist Antoine Lavoisier, lost their lives under its blade.

For the next seven years, during the Régence of Philippe d ' Orléans, the royal court of the young King Louis XV was the first in Paris, while the Regent governed from his Parisian residence, the Palais-Royal.

The leader of the rebellion, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, the brother of Louis XIII, surrenders.

* October 30 – Henry II, Duke of Montmorency, is executed for his participation in the rebellion of Gaston, Duke of Orléans against the French king Louis XIII.

* May 4 – Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, youngest daughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan, wife of Philippe d ' Orléans, le Régent ( d. 1749 )

* November 6 – Louis Philip II, Duke of Orléans, French noble and revolutionary leader ( executed ) ( b. 1747 )

* Bishop Theodulf of Orléans is deposed and imprisoned, after becoming involved in a conspiracy of King Bernard of Italy against Louis the Pious.

* November 18 – Louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans, French soldier and writer ( b. 1725 )

* May 12 – Louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans, French soldier and writer ( d. 1785 )

Regent for the new, 5-year-old monarch is Philippe d ' Orléans, nephew of Louis XIV.

* March 13 – Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, son of king Charles V of France ( d. 1407 )

* Louis de Valois is created the 1st Duke of Orléans, the second time this title is created.

* November 20 – A solemn truce between John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspicies of John, Duke of Berry.