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Period: Jan 1, 1095 to Jan 1, 1292
Crusades
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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
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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