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5 days ago · Charles had to contend with semi-constant war with France, usually over who would control Italy. Sometimes Charles would win – he even captured Francis I and his son at the Battle of Pavia in 1525. And sometimes he lost, like when he failed to retake Metz in 1553.
3 days ago · Charles V; Charles VI; Charles VII; Recovery and reunification, 1429–83. Governmental reforms; Military reforms; Regrowth of the French monarchy; Economy, society, and culture in the 14th and 15th centuries. Economic distress; The cities; The church; Culture and art; France, 1490–1715. France in the 16th century. Military and financial ...
2 days ago · The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign ( French: Campagne de Russie) and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 ( Russian: Оте́чественная война́ 1812 го́да, romanized : Otéchestvennaya voyná 1812 góda ), was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of compelling the Russian Empire to comply with ...
- 24 June – 14 December 1812, (5 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
6 days ago · In World War II, Charles de Gaulle and the Free French took control of the overseas colonies one-by-one and used them as bases from which they prepared to liberate France.
- French franc and various other currencies
- Colonial empire
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1 day ago · Henry IV of France. Charles de Bourbon. Henry III of Navarre 's succession to the throne in 1589 was followed by a war of succession to establish his legitimacy, which was part of the French Wars of Religion (1562–1598). Henry IV inherited the throne after the assassination of Henry III, the last Valois king, who died without children.
- August 1589 – March 1594
- France
5 days ago · Church, Society and Religious Change in France, 1580-1730. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2009, ISBN: 9780300150988; 506pp.; Price: £35.00. Over the past 15 years Joseph Bergin has produced two monographs on French bishops which are notable for their ambitious scopes and for their contributions to our understanding of the French Church ...
5 days ago · What a great idea! The only wonder is why no publishing house thought of commissioning a book on the topic before. The reader’s delight starts straight from looking at the cover illustration – a ‘translation’ of Harry Beck’s celebrated London Tube Map, in which Waterloo Station becomes Gare de Napoléon.
