1/ Hunts:
Louis 15 and 16 like hunting very much. Sometimes Marie Antoinette goes with them just to watch and picnic. Hunts take place in Fontenaibleau, Compiegne, Versailles, …etc. Mme Du Barry sometimes joins the group.
There is one interesting story about Marie-Antoinette and hunts. French people liked very much the young Marie-Antoinette. That is why, very often, when she joined her husband and/or Louis 15 for hunting, many inhabitants come to meet and talk to her. When Marie-Antoinette noticed these people were poor, she was used to give them food … even if Louis 15 did not like that.
2/ Masses
One mass takes place each Sunday in the church of Versailles palace.
Marie-Antoinette, Louis 15, Louis 16, Mme Du Barry attend to the mass.
3/ Le « Grand Couvert » - The royale Table
It was a public dinner which takes place each sunday evening in the private appartement of Versailles palace. Louis 15 presides this diner. Louis 16, Marie-Antoinette and Mme du Barry are there.
4/ Plays
Marie-Antoinette, Louis 16 and Louis 15 like plays very much.
In Versailles palace, Louis 15 decides to « offer » plays to Marie-Antoinette. These plays are Tuesday and Friday. They are comedies because Marie-Antoinette enjoys them very much.
In Fontainebleau palace, plays are Tuesday (plays with actors from La Comédie Française), Thursday (tragedies) and Sunday ( opéra).
In Choisy palace, plays are Sunday.
Mme Du Barry assists quite often to these plays. Louis 15, Louis 16 and Marie-Antoinette too.
Sometimes, Louis 16 organizes plays in his appartements. The actors are him, Marie-Antoinette, his brothers (Artois, …etc) and Marie-Antoinette’s friends. The audience is only members of Marie-Antoinette and Louis 16 ’s staff.
5/ January 1st / each year:
A ceremonial « party» of all the women of the court takes place in Marie-Antoinette’s appartement. Mme Du Barry is one of these women.
6/ Military Parade in Les Sablons (at the entrance of Paris)
Louis 15, Marie-Antoinette and Louis 16 are there.
I do not know if Mme Du Barry used to be there too and when this parade took place. But I can confirm you that at least one happened between 1770 and 1774.
7/ Compiegne, Choisy and Fontainebleau palaces
Each year, Louis 15, Louis 16, Marie-Antoinette and Mme Du Barry used to spend few days or weeks in these palaces.
8/ Count of Provence (Louis 16’s brother) marriage.
9/ Chantilly palace
Between 1770 and 1774, Marie-Antoinette goes once to the Chantilly palace.
Indeed, Prince of Condé had invited Louis 15 for a big party. Marie-Antoinette and Mme Du Barry were invited too.
Many entertainments (fireworks, …etc) took place.
List of interesting facts:
Mme Du Barry
In 1773 or 1774, Mme Du Barry :
.introduces a wonderful woman to the Court of Versailles. It is her niece and she has the same age of Marie-Antoinette;
. has a new ally: Mercy.
Fire of the Hotel Dieu 1772
It is a big hospital located near Notre Dame.
In 1772, a fire takes place.
Marie-Antoinette (who is not a queen yet) decides to give money in order it can be rebuilt.
