What the records say
- When
- 12 May 1706
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 51.50° N, 15.20° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Solar eclipse of May 12, 1706.
Solar eclipse of May 12, 1706
Total eclipse
A total solar eclipse occurred on May 12, 1706. The eclipse, part of Solar Saros 133, took place during the Spanish War of Succession, crossing Spain, France and Northern Italy: for this reason it was seen at the time as a metaphor and a premonitory sign of the decline of King Louis XIV of France "occulted" by the Great Alliance.
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