Today in France History (Part 2)
Sub-Topics: French Polynesia - New Caledonia
Historical Events
Results 101 - 200 of 2,112
1389-10-30 - French king Charles VI visits pope Clemens VII
1390-07-01 - French & Genuese armada sails out against barbarian pirates
1392-06-13 - Assassination attempt on Pierre de Craon Van Clisson of France, fails
1394-09-17 - Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI
1394-11-03 - Jews are expelled from France by Charles VI
1419-01-19 - French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War
1419-09-10 - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
1420-05-21 - Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English
1421-03-21 - Battle of Beauge-French beat British
1422-10-28 - Charles V's son succeeds him as king Charles VII of France
1423-07-31 - Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant - the French army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.
1429-04-29 - Joan of Arc leads Orleans, France, to victory over English
1429-05-08 - French troops under Joan of Arc rescues Orleans
1429-07-16 - Joan of Arc leads French army in Battle of Orleans
1429-07-17 - Dauphin crowned king of France
1431-01-09 - Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government.
1431-05-30 - Hundred Years' War: in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.
1431-12-16 - King Henry VI of England crowned king of France
1434-04-14 - The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France is laid.
1435-09-21 - Treaty of Atrecht: Philip of Bourgondy vs French king Charles II
1438-07-07 - French church/King Charles VII release Pragmatieke Sanctie of Bourges
1450-04-15 - French defeat English at Battle of Formigny in 100 Years' War
1451-07-31 - Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.
1453-05-29 - French banker Jacques Coeurs possessions confiscated
1453-07-17 - 1st battle at Castillon: French beat English troops
1453-10-19 - 2nd Battle at Castillon: France beats English, end of hundred year war
1463-01-05 - French poet Francois Villon banished from Paris
1464-06-19 - French King Louis XI forms postal service
1465-10-05 - French King Louis XI signs peace with Charles the Stout
1468-10-14 - Treaty of Peronne: Duke Charles the Stoute & French king Louis XI
1477-08-19 - Burgundy & acquires Burgundian possessions in the Netherlands & France
1483-05-14 - Coronation of Charles VIII of France ("Charles l'Affable").
1490-01-04 - Anna of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime of lese-majesty.
1491-12-06 - King Charles VIII of France marries Anna of Bretagne
1492-03-04 - King James IV of Scotland concludes an alliance with France against England.
1492-10-02 - King Henry VII of England invades France
1492-11-07 - The Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.
1493-01-19 - France cedes Roussillon & Cerdagne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona
1494-11-18 - French king Charles VIII occupies Florence
1495-01-28 - Pope gives his son Cesare Borgia as hostage to Charles VIII of France
1495-02-22 - French King Charles VIII enters Naples to claim crown
1495-05-20 - French King Charles VIII leaves Naples
1495-05-31 - Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella & Venice sign anti-French Saint League
1495-07-06 - Battle at Fornovo] French king Charles VIII beats St League
1495-07-20 - French viceroy of Naples Montpensier surrenders
1497-02-25 - Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France
1498-08-17 - Cardinal Borgia renounced his vows & office to marry a French princess
1499-01-08 - Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown
1499-02-09 - France & Venice sign treaty against Milan
1499-10-06 - French king Louis XII occupies Milan
1499-11-05 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier (Brittany). This Breton-French-Latin dictionary was written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. It is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.
1500-04-10 - France captures duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan
1500-11-11 - Treaty of Granada: France & Aragon divide Naples
1503-02-13 - Disfida di Barletta - Famous challenge between 13 Italian and 13 French knights near Barletta.
1503-04-28 - Battle at Cerignalo: Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France
1503-12-27 - Battle at Garigliano] Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France
1503-12-29 - Battle at Carigliano: Spanish army beats France
1504-01-31 - By treaty of Lyons, French cede Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon
1504-03-31 - France & Spain signs ceasefire
1506-10-07 - Pope Julius II & France occupy Bologna
1509-04-07 - France declares war on Venice
1509-04-16 - French army under Louis XII enters Alps
1509-05-14 - Battle of Agnadello, French beat Venitians in Northern Italy
1511-01-19 - Mirandola surrenders to the French.
1511-10-05 - Eedgenootschap signs anti-French Saint League
1511-11-17 - England & Spain sign anti-French covenant
1511-11-17 - Spain and England ally against France.
1512-02-05 - French troops under Gaston de Foix rescues Bologna
1512-02-16 - Battle at Valeggio: French troops beat Venetianen
1512-02-19 - French troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia
1512-04-11 - Battle at Ravenna: France under Gaston de Foix beat Spanish Army
1512-08-10 - Battle at Brest: English fleet beats France
1513-08-16 - Battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate: Maximilian & Henry VIII beat France
1514-10-09 - King Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII
1515-01-01 - Francois, Duke of Angouleme succeeds Louis XII as Francois I of France
1515-01-01 - King Francis I of France succeeds to the French throne.
1515-09-13 - -14] Battle at Marignano: France beats Habsburgers & Pope Leo X
1515-09-14 - Battle at Marignano ends in French/Venetian victory
1516-08-13 - The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis recognises Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognises Francis's claim to Milan.
1516-11-29 - Treaty of Freiburg] French/Swiss "eternal" peace treaty
1518-04-27 - Treaty of St Truiden: anti-French Trapdoors/Bourgondisch covenant
1520-06-06 - France & England sign treaty of Scotland
1521-04-22 - French king Francois I declares war on Spain
1521-11-19 - Battle at Milan: Emperor Karel V's/pontifical/Spanish/German troops beat France & occupy Milan
1522-01-30 - Duke of Albany takes captured French back to Scotland
1522-04-27 - Battle at Bicacca: Charles I & Pope Adrianus VI beat France
1522-05-30 - French troops driven out of Genoa
1522-06-24 - Battle at La Bicocca: Emperor Karel V beats France
1523-09-19 - Emperor Charles I & England sign anti-French covenant
1523-10-27 - English troops occupy Montalidier France
1524-03-19 - Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas
1524-04-19 - Pope Clemens VII fires Neth inquisitor-general French Van de Holly
1524-10-26 - Spanish troops give Milan to France
1525-02-24 - Battle at Pavia: Emperor Karel V's troops beat French king
1525-02-24 - Imperial forces defeat French in battle of Pavia
1526-03-17 - French king Francois I freed from Spain
1526-03-26 - King Francois I returns Spanish captivity to France
1526-05-22 - Pope Clemens VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence & Milan form Anti-French League of Cognac
1527-04-30 - England & France sign treaty of Westminster
1528-01-22 - England & France declare war on Emperor Charles V
Famous Birthdays
Results 101 - 200 of 2,645
1539-11-01 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (d. 1596)
1541-01-26 - Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)
1543-04-01 - François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)
1544-01-19 - Francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60)
1545-04-13 - Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II
1545-05-01 - Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist
1547-11-12 - Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575)
1549-11-05 - Philippe du Plessis, France, author
1549-11-05 - Philippe de Mornay, French writer (d. 1623)
1550-01-31 - Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588)
1550-06-27 - Charles IX, King of France (1560-74)
1551-09-19 - Henry III, duke of Anjou/king of Poland/France (1573/4-89)
1552-02-08 - Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d. 1630)
1553-04-30 - Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601)
1553-12-13 - Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)
1553-12-14 - Henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France
1554-03-26 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)
1554-06-05 - Elisabeth of Austria, queen consort of France (d. 1592)
1555-09-23 - Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange
1556-03-07 - Guillaume du Vair, French writer (d. 1621)
1556-03-18 - Francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant
1556-11-15 - Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. 1618)
1558-09-09 - Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (d. 1602)
1558-10-12 - Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)
1567-08-21 - Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint
1567-11-21 - Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621)
1568-02-11 - Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (d. 1625)
1571-01-09 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621)
1573-04-26 - Marie de'Medici, Queen of France
1575-02-04 - Pierre de Barulle, French cardinal
1579-04-12 - Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France
1580-09-15 - Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)
1580-12-01 - Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)
1581-04-24 - Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)
1581-10-09 - Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist
1582-11-27 - Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (d. 1651)
1583-02-23 - Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)
1585-01-06 - Claude Favre baron de Perouges seigneur de Vaugelas, French grammarian
1585-09-09 - Armand-Jean du Plessicide de Richelieu, premier of France (1624-42)
1585-10-28 - Cornelius Otto Jansen, France, Roman Catholic reform leader
1588-04-15 - Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist
1588-05-28 - Pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)
1588-09-01 - Henry II, Prince of Condé, French nobleman (d. 1646)
1588-09-08 - Marin Mersenne, France, mathematician/musician/philosopher (Cartesian)
1589-02-05 - Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet
1591-03-15 - Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660)
1591-09-08 - Jacqueline M A de Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess
1592-07-10 - Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660)
1593-03-19 - Georges de la Tour, French painter
1593-03-25 - Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
1594-06-15 - Nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665)
1595-01-06 - Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French man of letters (d. 1650)
1595-12-04 - Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)
1596-03-31 - René Descartes, France, philosopher (he thought, therefore he was)
1597-01-12 - François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643)
1597-01-31 - John Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640)
1597-02-24 - Vincent Voiture, French poet (d. 1648)
1598-05-23 - Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized
1600-02-02 - Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653)
1601-08-22 - Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)
1601-09-22 - Anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III
1601-09-27 - Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43)
1601-11-14 - Jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680)
1602-03-18 - Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)
1602-05-26 - Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)
1602-07-14 - Jules Mazarin, France, cardinal, French 1st Minister (1642-61)
1602-08-10 - Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (d. 1675)
1603-04-19 - Michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685)
1604-05-10 - Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)
1604-08-04 - François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)
1605-09-28 - Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer (d. 1694)
1605-10-16 - Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer
1606-02-10 - Christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663)
1606-05-25 - Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
1606-06-06 - Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace)
1606-11-12 - Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673)
1607-01-10 - Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646)
1607-11-15 - Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1701)
1608-04-25 - Jean BG duke of Orleans, brother of French King Louis XIII/general
1608-05-15 - René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)
1609-11-16 - Henrietta Maria, French-born, Queen Consort of England (d. 1669)
1610-02-13 - Jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists
1610-04-01 - Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)
1610-07-04 - Paul Scarron, French playwright (Virgile Travesti)
1610-10-06 - Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)
1610-12-18 - Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist
1611-09-11 - Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (d. 1675)
1611-10-11 - Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome
1611-11-01 - François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (d. 1656)
1612-02-06 - Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist
1612-09-28 - Michel Anguier, French sculptor
1613-02-02 - Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
1613-03-12 - André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)
1613-08-15 - Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)
1613-09-15 - François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680)
1613-11-05 - Isaac de Benserade, French poet (d. 1691)
1616-01-13 - Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic
1616-01-16 - François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)
1616-11-19 - Eustache Le Sueur, French painter
1618-04-13 - Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (d. 1693)
Famous Deaths
Results 101 - 200 of 2,121
1271-01-28 - Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)
1271-08-21 - Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)
1271-10-27 - Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)
1274-07-15 - John F Bonaventura, Ital/French theologist/dominican/saint, dies
1274-08-15 - Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201)
1285-10-05 - Philippe III, the Stout, King of France (1270-85), dies
1285-10-05 - King Philip III of France (b. 1245)
1295-12-21 - Marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221)
1296-11-01 - Guillaume Durand, French writer (b. 1230)
1297-08-19 - Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274)
1298-03-14 - Petrus Johannis Olivi, South France theologist, dies
1298-09-11 - Philip of Artois, French soldier (b. 1269)
1302-07-11 - Pierre Flote, French 1st legist/chancellor of king Philip IV, dies
1302-07-11 - Robert II of Artois, French soldier (b. 1250)
1304-05-23 - Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer
1305-04-04 - Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)
1314-11-29 - Philippe IV, the Handsome, King of France (1285-1314), dies
1314-11-29 - Philip IV of France (b. 1268)
1316-06-04 - Louis X, King of France (1314-16), dies at 26
1316-11-19 - Jan I, king of France (Nov 15-19 1316), dies
1317-02-07 - Robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256)
1317-02-14 - Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282)
1319-05-19 - Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)
1321-01-12 - Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)
1322-01-03 - Philip V, the Tall, King of France (1316-22), dies
1325-12-16 - Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)
1327-08-16 - Roch, French saint (b. 1295)
1327-12-19 - Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy
1328-02-01 - Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies
1349-09-11 - Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (b. 1315)
1350-08-12 - Philip VI, king of France, dies
1350-08-22 - Philips VI, of Valois, King of France (1328-50), dies
1350-12-26 - Jean de Marigny, French bishop
1356-09-19 - Gautier de Brienne, duke of Athens/French supreme commander, dies
1356-09-19 - Geoffroy de Charny, French nobleman, dies in battle
1356-09-19 - Jean de Clermont, French marshal, dies in battle
1358-07-31 - Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies
1361-06-09 - Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet, dies at 69
1364-04-08 - Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44
1364-04-08 - King John II of France (b. 1319)
1375-07-05 - Charles III of Alençon, French archbishop (b. 1337)
1378-02-06 - Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338)
1378-03-27 - Gregory XI, [Pierre R the Beaufort], last French Pope (1370-78), dies
1380-07-13 - Bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60
1380-09-16 - Charles V, the Wise, King of France (1364-80), dies
1382-07-11 - Nicholas van Oresme, French philosopher/bishop of Lisieux, dies at 62
1387-07-22 - French Ackerman, Ghent rebel/leader of Reisers, murdered at about 57
1393-01-30 - Aimery Poitiers, French nobleman, burned at royal ball
1396-09-25 - Jean de Vienne, French admiral/crusader, dies in battle
1396-09-25 - Odard de Chasseron, French knight/crusader, dies in battle
1396-09-25 - Philip of Bar, French knight/crusader, dies in battle
1397-02-18 - Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56
1397-06-15 - Count of Eu, French knight, dies in Turkish captivity
1397-06-16 - Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)
1405-05-29 - Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France
1407-04-23 - Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326)
1411-07-15 - Johannes Parvus, [Jean Petit], French theologist, dies
1415-10-25 - Anton van Bourgondie, French son of Philip the Stout/duke, dies at 31
1415-10-25 - Philip of Nevers, French earl, dies in battle
1415-10-25 - Robert of Bar, French knight, dies in battle
1418-06-12 - Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, Constable of France (b. 1360)
1419-09-10 - John the Fearless, Burgundy/French warrior, murdered at 48
1420-08-09 - Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies
1421-06-21 - Jean Le Maingre, Marshal of France (b. 1366)
1422-08-31 - Henry V, King of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19), dies
1422-10-21 - Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422), dies at 54
1431-05-30 - Joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412)
1435-09-24 - Isabella of Bayern, Queen of France (Treaty of Troyes), dies
1435-09-24 - Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of Charles VI of France (bc. 1370)
1440-10-26 - Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged
1442-12-18 - Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)
1443-01-28 - Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France
1444-04-07 - John Capreolus, French theologist (Libri IV), dies at about 50
1445-08-16 - Margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424)
1450-02-09 - Agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. 1421)
1453-07-20 - Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French chronicler
1456-05-24 - Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)
1456-11-25 - Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle
1461-07-22 - Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), dies at 58
1461-07-22 - Charles VII of France (b. 1403)
1465-01-05 - Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394)
1468-11-24 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
1471-05-20 - Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies
1471-07-25 - John Soreth, French general, dies
1472-07-05 - Charles of Artois, Count of Eu, French military leader (b. 1394)
1474-11-27 - Guillaume Dufay, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 74
1476-08-04 - Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded
1483-08-30 - Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60
1490-08-11 - French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen, dies at about 25
1491-12-03 - Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies
1492-11-06 - Antoine Busnois, French composer
1498-04-07 - Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), dies at 27
1498-04-08 - Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27
1501-05-22 - Robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66
1505-02-04 - Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40
1510-03-25 - Georges d'amboise, French archbishop of Narbonne/Rouen, dies at 49
1510-05-25 - Georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49
1512-04-11 - Gaston de Foix, French pretender to Navarra throne, dies in battle
1514-01-09 - Anna, Duchess of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France (b. 1477)
1515-01-01 - Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52
