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Oct 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings
During the Norman conquest of England the french won the important "Battle of Hastings" under William the Conquerer. -
Dec 21, 1412
birth of joan of arc
Joan of Arc is born. She will later come to lead the french to many victories against the english. -
Oct 25, 1415
Battle of Agincourt
The English defeat the numerically superior French army during the hundred years war. -
Dec 21, 1572
St Bartholomew's Day Massacre
The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations, followed by a wave of Roman Catholic mob violence, both directed against the Huguenots, during the French Wars of Religion. -
French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France that had a major impact on France and indeed all of Europe. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of America of 828,000 square miles of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana in 1803. The United States paid 60 million francs to Napoleon Bounaparte in return for the land. -
D-Day
D-Day was the landing in Normandy during World War 2 in which the United States liberated the beach of Normandy and later liberated all of France from Nazi control. -
Liberation of France
On August 15 the Allies launched Operation Dragoon — the invasion of Southern France between Toulon and Cannes. -
Charlemagne coronated Imperator Augustus by Pope Leo III
During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned Imperator Augustus by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800. -
Hugh Capet takes over the kingdom of France
After Lothair's son Louis died in May of 987, Adalberon and Gerbert of Aurillac convened an assembly of nobles to elect Hugh Capet as their king.