Colbert's reforms and French mercantile policy (1661–1683)

1. Fouquet’s arrest clears path for reform

   Sep 5, 1661Labels: Nicolas Fouquet, Louis XIV

   • Britannica
   • Fouquet Wiki

2. Colbert begins directing royal finances

   Sep 6, 1661Labels: Jean-Baptiste Colbert

   • Britannica
   • Controller General

3. Gobelins workshops centralized under royal direction

   Jan 1, 1662Labels: Gobelins manufactory

   • Gobelins
   • Royal manufactories

4. French West India Company created with monopoly

   May 1, 1664Labels: French West

   • West India Co
   • Britannica

5. French East India Company founded to rival Dutch-English

   Aug 1, 1664Labels: French East

   • East India Co
   • Encyclopedia com

6. Royal Mirror-Glass Factory founded in Paris

   Oct 1, 1665Labels: Royal Mirror-Glass, Saint-Gobain

   • Mus e d
   • Saint Gobain

7. Colbert named Controller-General of Finances

   Dec 12, 1665Labels: Controller-General of, Jean-Baptiste Colbert

   • Britannica
   • Finance ministers

8. Tariff policy tightened to protect French industry

   Jan 1, 1667Labels: Tariff policy

   • Colbert Brit
   • Mercantilism

9. Colbert becomes secretary of state for the navy

   Jan 1, 1668Labels: Secretary of, French navy

   • Britannica
   • Navy ministry

10. Senegal Company created to reorganize Atlantic commerce

    Jan 1, 1673Labels: Senegal Company

    • Senegal Co
    • West India Co

11. Commercial law standardized by the 1673 trade ordinance

    Mar 1, 1673Labels: Ordonnance du, commercial law

    • Ordonnance it
    • Colbert Brit

12. Maritime commerce codified in the 1681 Marine Ordinance

    Aug 1, 1681Labels: Grande Ordonnance, maritime law

    • L gifrance
    • Marine Ordinance

13. Colbert dies, ending a central reform era

    Sep 6, 1683Labels: Jean-Baptiste Colbert

    • Britannica
    • Finance ministers