| Unit | French History  X |
|---|---|
| 768 |
[768] King of the Franks
|
| 987 |
[987] Hugh Capet founds the Capetian dynasty
|
| 1066 |
[1066] Invade England
|
| 1099 |
[1099] First Crusade (The People's Crusade).
|
| 1118 |
[1118] The Knights Templar founded
|
| 1147 |
[1147] Second Crusade
|
| 1190 |
[1190] Third Crusade
|
| 1200 |
[1200] Fourth Crusade
|
| 1212 |
[1212] The Children's Crusade
|
| 1270 |
[1270] Other crusades follow
|
| 1337 |
[1337] Hundred Years' War
|
| 1346 |
[1346] Battle of Crecy
|
| 1348 |
[1348] The Black Death ravages Europe
|
| 1356 |
[1356] Battle of Poitiers
|
| 1415 |
[1415] Battle of Agincourt
|
| 1429 |
[1429] Joan of Arc lifts the siege of Orleans
|
| 1430 |
[1430] Capture, trial, and execution of Joan of Arc
|
| 1434 |
[1434] The Medici family rises to prominence in Florence
|
| 1453 |
[1453] The Hundred Years War ends.
|
| 1494 |
[1494] Italian Wars
|
| 1515 |
[1515] Francois I crowned French King
|
| 1534 |
[1534] Jacques Cartier discovers the Great Lakes and the the St. Lawrence River
|
| 1547 |
[1547] Reign of Henry II
|
| 1572 |
[1572] Massacre of Protestants
|
| 1589 |
[1589] Henri IV becomes 1st French Catholic Bourbon King
|
| 1603 |
[1603.03.15] Samuel de Champlain set sail for Quebec
|
| 1605 |
[1605] New France Colony at Port Royal
|
| 1608 |
[1608] Founding of Quebec
|
| 1617 |
[1617] Louis XIII crowned at the age of 17
|
| 1624 |
[1624] Cardinal Richelieu becomes French principal minister
|
| 1643 |
[1643] Louis XIV becomes king
[1643] Mazarin becomes French Prime Minister
|
| 1672 |
[1672] New France expansion into Canada
|
| 1715 |
[1715] Louis XV accedes the throne
|
| 1758 |
[1758] French power in Canada declines
|
| 1789 |
[1789] Declar National Assembly
[1789.07.14] The Bastille stormed by the people of Paris
|
| 1792 |
[1792] King Louis and Queen Marie-Antoinette are executed and a republic set up in France
|
| 1793 |
[1793] Napoleon Bonaparte promoted
|
| 1799 |
[1799] Napoleon seizes control of France
|
| 1815 |
[1815] Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
[1815] Louis Napoleon Bonaparte seizes power
|
| 1824 |
[1824] Charles X becomes king
|
| 1830 |
[1830.07] July Revolution
|
| 1848 |
[1848] Louis Napoleon Bonaparteas as French president
|
| 1852 |
[1852] Emperor Napoleon III of France
|
| 1870 |
[1870] France declares war on Prussia
|
| 1914 |
[1914] (1914-1918) Germany invades France
|
| 1939 |
[1939.09.03] World War 2
|
| 1940 |
[1940.06.14] German troops enter Paris
|
| 1944 |
[1944.08.25] Charles De Gaulle
|
| 1945 |
[1945.08] End of World War 2
|
| 1956 |
[1956] Morocco and Tunisia independence from France
|
| 1962 |
[1962.07.03] Algeria becomes independent.
|