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Dec 21, 1066
1066- Battle of Hastings
was a war between France and England. King Harold, the king of France, Led the French to victory and took full control of France. -
Dec 21, 1297
1297- St. Louis (Louis IX)
King Louis IX embodied all the qualities of a Christian king, a crusader for peace by peaceful means and a knight for justice and right. He was officially proclaimed a saint in 1297. -
Dec 21, 1412
1412- Joan of Arc
Saint Joan of Arc was born daughter of Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle Romée -
Dec 21, 1415
1415- Battle of Agincourt
Battle between France and England. The English won and the battle gave birth to a legend that was immortalized in William Shakespeare's King Henry V. took place in a muddy farmers field in Northern France. -
Dec 21, 1481
481- 511
King of the French and first French king. The French under Clovis I defeated the Romans in Gaul. He was converted to Christianity in 496 and formed a strong alliance with the church, making him the most powerful of the French kings. -
Dec 21, 1572
1572- St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
was a group of assassins and Roman Catholic mob violence, both targeted against the Huguenots, which are French Calvinist Protestants during the French Wars of Religion. -
1598- Edict of Nantes
The end of the wars of religion. The terms of this edict ensured the peaceful coexistence of catholics and protestants and bought a stop to all hostilities in france after 36 years of civil warfare . -
1789- French Revolution
On 10 June 1789, Abbe Seiyes argued that the Third Estate should get less taxed and more rights. -
987- Hugh Capet
son of Hugh the Great, was king of France from 987 to 996. He was the first of the Capetians, the royal house that ruled France until 1328. -
800- 843- Charlemagne
was crowned king in Rome. In 843 signed the treaty of division at Verdom. Which was a treaty between Italy, France, and Germany three distinct kingdoms.