| 451 |
|
Attila the Hun invades Gaul - repelled by Romans |
| 481 |
|
Francs under Clovis found Merovingian Kingdom in Gaul |
| 732 |
|
Charles Martel halts Muslim advance into France |
| 751 |
|
Pepin founds Carolingian line |
| 771 |
|
Charlemagne becomes king of Francs - expands into Germany and Italy |
| 800 |
|
Charlemagne crowned Emperor |
| 814 |
|
Death of Charlemagne and division of Frankish Empire |
| 843 |
|
Treaty of Verdun - seperate France and Germany established |
| 876 |
|
Charles the Fat inherits Frankish Empire |
| 910 |
|
Abbey of Cluny founded - monastic reforms begin |
| 987 |
|
Hugh Capet made King of France |
| 990 |
|
Rollo the Viking rules Normandy (as a fiefdom of France) |
| 1142 |
|
Death of Peter Abelard (theologist and romantic) |
| 1215 |
|
Dominican Order of monks founded in Languedoc |
| 1223 |
|
Franciscan Order of monks founded |
| 1285 |
|
France under Philp IV extends French influence |
| 1309 |
|
Papacy moves to Avignon for over a century |
| 1312 |
|
France and Papacy suppress Knights Templar |
| 1328 |
|
Valois Dynasty takes over from House of Capet in France |
| 1337 |
|
Beginning of Hundred Years' War between England and France |
| 1358 |
|
"The Jaquerie" - French peasant revolt |
| 1415 |
|
Battle of Agincourt - Henry V of England victorious in France |
| 1431 |
|
Joan of Arc burnt at stake after military campaigns against England |
| 1453 |
|
English finally defeated in France at Castillon - end of Hundred Years' War |
| 1461 |
|
Louis XI becomes king of France |
| 1477 |
|
Charles the Bold defeated at Nancy - end of Rise of Burgundy |
| 1515 |
|
Francis I of France takes Milan and much of Northern Italy |
| 1521 |
|
Death of Josquin de Pres (composer) |
| 1525 |
|
Charles V of Hapsburg retakes Northern Italy from France |
| 1553 |
|
Death of François Rabelais (writer and satirist) |
| 1562 |
|
Huguenots fight for right to follow Calvinism in France |
| 1572 |
|
Massacre of St Bartholemew - Huguenots routed |
| 1576 |
|
French Catholic League formed by Guise family |
| 1589 |
|
Death of Catherine de Medici ("Queen Mother of France") |
