History of France

By briehumbert
  • Period: Jan 1, 1095 to Jan 1, 1292

    Crusades

  • Jan 1, 1572

    St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

    Massacre of Protestants in Paris on St. Bartholomew's Eve by Catholics. 200,000 Huguenots fled France

  • Founding of Quebec

    Founding of Quebec

  • Louis XIV Becomes King

    Louis XIV Becomes King

  • Storming of the Bastille

    Catalyst for the Radical Days of the French Revolution

  • The Trial and Fate of Citizen Capet

    King Louis and Queen Marie-Antoinette are executed and a republic set up in France

  • Napoleon Bonaparte Begins Rise to Power

    Napoleon seizes control of France and begins building a French empire

  • The Fall and Fate of Napoleon

    Napoleon defeated at Waterloo by the British and exiled. The Bourbons were returned to the French throne, thus the monarchy restored
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    World War I

    Germany invades France; World War I

  • France Declares War on Germany

    France declares war on Germany; World War II

  • Paris Falls

  • Re-establishment of Free France

    Allied troops regain Paris and Charles De Gaulle becomes head of a provisional French government

  • Charlemagne Begins Reign

    Charlemagne rules as King of the Franks and is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor

  • Founding of the Capetian Dynasty

    Hugh Capet founds the Capetian dynasty