Complex sentence: His circus was so popular that he was invited in 1772 to perform before King Louis XV of France in Versailles, and later opened the first Parisian circus in 1782, which he called the Amphitheatre Anglois.
Split into simpler sentences: His circus was so popular that he was invited in 1772 to perform before King Louis XV of France in Versailles. Astley later opened the first Parisian circus in 1782, which he called the Amphitheatre Anglois.