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This is a timeline of French history, comprising important legal changes and political events in France and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of France. See also the list of Frankish kings, French monarchs, and presidents of France.
- History of France
History of France. The first written records for the history...
- France in the early modern period
The Kingdom of France in the early modern period, from the...
- History of France
History of France. The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age. What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as Gaul. Greek writers noted the presence of three main ethno-linguistic groups in the area: the Gauls, Aquitani and Belgae.
- Background
- Wars
- The Wars of Religion
- France in The 17th and 18th Centuries
- Monarchs
The Peace of Etaples(1492) marks, for some, the beginning of the early modern period in France. After the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453), France supported the Lancastrian side in The Wars of the Roses. France and England signed the Treaty of Picquigny in 1475 — the official end date of the Hundred Years' War. In 1492 and 1493, after supporting the ...
Despite the beginnings of rapid demographic and economic recovery after the Black Death of the 14th century, the gains of the previous half-century were to be jeopardised by a further protracted series of conflicts, the Italian Wars (1494–1559), where French efforts to gain dominance ended in the increased power of the HabsburgHoly Roman Emperors o...
Barely were the Italian Wars over, when France was plunged into a domestic crisis with far-reaching consequences. Despite the conclusion of a Concordat between France and the Papacy (1516), granting the crown unrivalled power in senior ecclesiastical appointments, France was deeply affected by the Protestant Reformation's attempt to break the unity...
France's pacification under Henry IV laid much of the ground for the beginnings of France's rise to European hegemony. One of the most admired French kings, Henry was fatally stabbed by a Catholic fanatic in 1610 as war with Spain threatened. Troubles gradually developed during the regency headed by his queen Marie de Medici. France was expansive d...
Valois(1328–1498) 1. Louis XI 2. Charles VIII After Charles VIII the Affable, the last king in the direct Valois line, three other branches of the House of Capet reigned in France until the fall of the Ancien Régimein 1792: Valois-Orléans(1498–1515) 1. Louis XII Valois-Angoulême(1515–1589) 1. Francis I 2. Henry II and Catherine de' Medici 3. Franci...
Jul 12, 2024 · This article is a survey of important events and people in the history of France from ancient times to the present.
Jul 12, 2024 · The kingdom’s population, which had barely grown at all during the years 1500 to 1700, increased from approximately 20 million at the end of Louis XIV’s reign to about 28 million by 1789. Better preventive medicine, a decline in infant mortality, and the near disappearance of widespread famine after 1709 all served to increase the population.
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