Today in France History (Part 3)
Sub-Topics: French Polynesia - New Caledonia
Historical Events
Results 201 - 300 of 2,112
1529-06-21 - Battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France
1529-08-03 - "Ladies' Peace" (treaty of Cambrai)-emperor Charles V & King French I
1534-05-10 - French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland
1534-07-24 - Jacques Cartier, lands in Canada, claims it for France
1534-10-18 - New pursuit of French protestants
1535-09-01 - French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Hochelaga (Montreal)
1536-02-18 - France & Turkey sign milt/trade agreement against King Karel
1536-07-09 - French navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo from Canada
1537-03-17 - French troops invade Flanders
1537-07-30 - Resistant of Bomy: French/Dutch cease fire
1538-06-18 - Treaty of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V & King French I
1541-08-23 - French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
1542-07-12 - French troops under Maarten van Rossem occupies Flanders
1542-08-02 - French troops leave Flanders
1543-02-11 - Karel/Henry VIII sign anti-French covenant
1543-07-07 - French troops invade Luxembourg
1543-08-05 - French & Turkish troops occupy Nice
1543-09-06 - French & Turkish fleet occupies Nice
1544-04-14 - Battle at Carignano: French troops under Earl d'Enghien beat Swiss
1544-08-17 - Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France
1544-09-18 - Charles V of Germany & Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy
1544-09-18 - Peace of Crépy: German emperor Charles V & French king Francois I
1544-09-30 - King Henry VIII draws his armies out of France
1545-04-12 - French king Francois I orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed
1545-07-21 - The first landing of French troops onto the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight occurs.
1547-03-31 - Henry II succeeds Francois I as king of France
1547-07-25 - Henry II of France is crowned.
1548-08-15 - Mary queen of Scotland (6) arrives in France
1549-08-08 - France declares war on England
1549-08-12 - French troops occupy Ambleteuse England
1550-03-24 - France & England sign Peace of Boulogne
1552-01-15 - France signs secret treaty with German Protestants
1552-04-10 - Henri II of France occupies Metz
1557-06-07 - England declares war on France
1557-08-10 - Battle at St Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont & Philibert beat France
1558-01-07 - Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French
1558-01-08 - French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais
1558-04-24 - Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince Francois
1558-07-13 - Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines.
1558-07-23 - Battle at Grevelingen: Gen/earl Lamoraal van Egmont beat France
1558-11-07 - French king Henri II occupies Calais
1559-04-02 - England/France signs 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis
1559-04-03 - Spain & France signs 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis
1559-06-30 - King Henry II of France is seriously injured in a jousting match against Gabriel de Montgomery.
1560-03-15 - Failed assault on royal palace in Amboise France
1561-01-28 - By Edict of Orleans persecution of French Huguenots is suspended
1561-08-19 - Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith Scotland to assume throne after spending 13 years in France
1562-01-17 - Edict of St Germain recognizes Huguenots in France
1562-04-30 - 1st French colonists in US: Jean Ribaut & Hugenots at Parris Is NC
1563-04-30 - Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI
1563-07-27 - French army recaptures Le Havre
1563-08-17 - King Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult
1564-04-11 - England & France sign Peace of Troyes
1565-09-20 - Spaniards capture Fort Caroline Fla & massacre the French
1567-09-29 - The second War of Religion in France breaks out.
1567-11-10 - Battle at St-Denis: French govt army vs Huguenots
1568-03-23 - Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike
1570-07-25 - Battle at Arnay-le-Duc Bourgundy: Huguenots-French govt army
1572-04-21 - France & England sign anti-Spanish military covenant
1572-08-24 - King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants
1574-02-23 - France begins 5th holy war against Huguenots
1574-05-30 - Henry III follows brother Charles IX as king of France
1575-02-13 - Henry III of France is crowned at Rheims.
1575-02-13 - Henry III of France marries Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont.
1575-11-08 - French Roman Catholics & Huguenots signs treaty
1578-04-27 - Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favorites of Henry III of France and two favorites of Henry I, Duke of Guise.
1578-08-13 - Duke French van Anjou recognized as protector of Netherlands
1579-05-17 - Artois/Henegouwen/French-Flanders sign Treaty/Peace of Parma recognizing Spanish duke van Parma as land guardian
1580-11-26 - French Huguenots & Roman Catholics sign peace treaty
1582-04-03 - French van Valois honored as duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen
1582-08-23 - French van Valois pays tribute to earl of Flanders
1582-12-10 - France begins use of Gregorian calendar
1583-06-17 - Brabant: duke of Parma beats French mercenaries
1583-06-28 - Duke French van Valois returns to France
1585-01-02 - Spain & Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville
1585-07-07 - King Henri III & Duke De Guise signs Treaty of Nemours: French Huguenots loose all freedoms
1588-07-11 - French king Henri III accept demands of Catholic League
1589-08-01 - Murder attempt by monk Jacques Clement on French King Hendrik III
1589-09-21 - Battle at Arques: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League
1590-03-14 - Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League
1590-05-14 - Battle at Ivry: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League
1590-09-05 - Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris.
1591-03-01 - Pope Gregory XIV threatens to excommunicate French king Henri IV
1591-04-19 - Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France
1591-08-19 - French king Henri IV occupies Rouen
1591-09-21 - French bishops recognize Henri IV as king of France
1593-07-25 - France's Protestant King Henri IV converts to Roman Catholic
1594-02-27 - Henri IV crowned king of France
1594-03-22 - French King Henri IV festival in Paris
1595-01-17 - French king Henri IV declares war on Spain
1595-01-17 - Henry IV of France declares war on Spain.
1595-09-17 - Pope Clemens VIII recognizes Henri IV as king of France
1596-05-26 - England, France & Netherlands signs Drievoudig Covenant against Spain
1596-10-31 - English/French/Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Drievoudig Covenant"
1597-03-11 - Land guardian Albrecht occupies Amiens on France
1597-09-16 - French troops chase away Albrecht of Austria
1597-09-25 - Amiens surrenders to French King Henri IV
1598-03-20 - French king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty
1598-04-13 - Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots
1598-05-02 - France & Spain signs Peace of Vervins
Famous Birthdays
Results 201 - 300 of 2,645
1619-02-24 - Charles Le Brun, French artist (d. 1690)
1619-08-29 - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron
1619-11-07 - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (d. 1692)
1619-12-28 - Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)
1620-02-15 - Francois Charpentier, French scholar/archaeologist
1620-07-21 - Jean Picard, French astronomer
1620-11-10 - Ninon de l'Enclos, French courtesan and writer (d. 1705)
1621-07-08 - Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables)
1621-11-03 - Renatus Rapinus, [René Rapin], French jesuit/poet (Hortorum libri IV)
1622-01-15 - Molière, French playwright (d. 1673)
1622-01-28 - Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691)
1622-05-12 - Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)
1622-05-22 - Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698)
1622-06-06 - Claude-Jean Allouez, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d.1857)
1622-10-31 - Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694)
1624-08-22 - Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701)
1624-08-25 - François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (d. 1709)
1624-10-30 - Paul Pellisson, French writer (d. 1693)
1625-06-08 - Giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn)
1625-07-10 - Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703)
1625-08-20 - Thomas Corneille, French playwright
1625-10-04 - Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (d. 1661)
1625-11-30 - Jean Domat, French jurist (d. 1696)
1625-12-14 - Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695)
1626-02-05 - Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)
1627-09-27 - Jacques Benigne Bossuet, French bishop (d. 1704)
1628-01-08 - Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier
1628-01-13 - Charles Perrault, France, lawyer/writer (Mother Goose)
1628-12-25 - Noel Coypel, French painter
1630-11-24 - Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718)
1631-03-16 - René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
1632-06-10 - Esprit Fléchier, French writer and bishop (d. 1710)
1632-08-20 - Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)
1632-11-23 - Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)
1633-06-16 - Jean de Thévenot, French traveler and scientist (d. 1667)
1634-07-14 - Pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (d. 1719)
1635-05-05 - Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret)
1635-11-27 - Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, wife of Louis XIV of France (d. 1719)
1636-11-01 - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (d. 1711)
1637-11-30 - Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (d. 1698)
1638-01-01 - Antoinette du Ligier de la Guard Deshoulieres, French poet/playwright
1638-05-13 - Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712)
1638-08-06 - Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher
1638-09-05 - Louis XIV, Sun King, king of France (1643-1715) [OS]
1638-09-10 - Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683)
1638-09-16 - Louis XIV, [Sun King], king of France (1643-1715) [NS]
1639-01-19 - Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian
1639-12-22 - Jean Racine, French dramatist (d. 1699)
1640-03-18 - Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719)
1640-06-15 - Bernard Lamy, French mathematician (d. 1715)
1640-09-29 - Antoine Coyzevox, French sculptor, baptized
1640-12-06 - Claude Fleury, French historian (d. 1723)
1641-01-18 - Francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)
1641-10-05 - Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of King Louis XIV of France (d. 1707)
1642-02-18 - Marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698)
1643-03-25 - Louis Moréri, French encylopedist (d. 1680)
1643-11-16 - Jean Chardin, French explorer (d. 1703)
1643-11-22 - René R Cavelier sieur de La Salle, French explorer
1643-12-22 - Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana)
1644-01-10 - Louis Boufflers, marshall of France
1644-04-07 - François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (d. 1730)
1644-08-06 - Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV
1644-10-02 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)
1645-08-16 - Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (d. 1696)
1646-02-17 - Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)
1646-04-04 - Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)
1646-04-15 - Pierre Poiret, French mystic (d. 1719)
1646-04-16 - Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (d. 1708)
1646-04-20 - Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)
1646-12-04 - Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)
1647-03-12 - Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (d. 1727)
1647-07-22 - Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint
1647-08-22 - Denis Papin, French physicist (Papiniaanse pot, steam machine)
1647-11-08 - Pierre Bayle, French/Neth theologist/philosopher/writer
1648-04-09 - Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720)
1648-04-13 - Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French mystic (d. 1717)
1649-02-08 - Gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (d. 1728)
1649-06-13 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (d. 1706)
1650-02-15 - Anne Jules duke de Noailles, marshal of France (hugenot)
1650-10-21 - Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero (Escape from Plymouth)
1651-04-06 - André Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)
1651-04-30 - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theorist/saint
1651-05-27 - Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)
1651-08-06 - Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)
1652-04-21 - Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)
1652-05-27 - Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van de Palts, German/French duchess of Orleans
1653-03-25 - Joseph Sauveur, French physicist/mathematician
1653-05-08 - Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (d. 1734)
1653-08-08 - Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar
1655-02-07 - Jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)
1656-04-10 - René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)
1656-08-06 - Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (d. 1733)
1656-09-06 - Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1723)
1656-10-20 - Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746)
1656-11-09 - Paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum)
1657-02-11 - Bernard Fontenelle, France, scientist/writer (Plurality of Worlds)
1658-01-08 - Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (Descente de Croix)
1658-02-18 - Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743)
1658-03-05 - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America
1659-03-08 - Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738)
Famous Deaths
Results 201 - 300 of 2,121
1518-08-16 - Loyset Compère, French composer
1522-10-30 - Jean Mouton, French composer
1522-11-14 - Anne de Beaujeu, daughter of French king Louis XI, dies at 61
1522-11-14 - Anne of France, Princess and Regent of France (b. 1461)
1524-04-30 - Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (b. 1473)
1524-07-20 - Claude of France, wife of Louis XII of France (b. 1499)
1525-02-24 - Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier
1528-08-15 - Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485)
1529-04-16 - Louis de Berquin, French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at stake
1530-04-18 - Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43
1531-09-22 - Louise Van Savoye, French regent of king Francois I, dies at 55
1533-06-25 - Mary Tudor, queen consort of Louis XII of France (b. 1496)
1540-08-23 - Guillaume Budé, French scholar
1543-01-09 - Guillaume du Bellay, French diplomat and general (b. 1491)
1546-08-01 - Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506)
1546-08-03 - Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (b. 1509)
1547-03-30 - Francois I of Valois-Angouleme, King of France (1515-47), dies at 52
1547-03-31 - Francis I of France (b. 1494)
1548-06-14 - Carpentras, French composer
1550-05-18 - John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498)
1553-04-09 - Francois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49
1555-08-08 - Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)
1555-11-24 - French Vervoort, Flemish mystic (Bruylocht Cleedt), dies at about 65
1557-01-01 - Jacques Cartier, French explorer (Canada), dies at 65
1557-09-01 - Jacques Cartier, French explorer, dies (birth date unknown)
1558-02-25 - Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)
1558-03-13 - Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies
1558-03-25 - Marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer
1558-04-26 - Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies
1559-07-10 - Henry II, King of France (1547-59), dies
1559-09-07 - Robert Estienne, French printer (b. 1503)
1559-10-02 - Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)
1560-01-01 - Guillaume du Bellay, Sieur de Langey, French soldier, dies
1560-02-16 - Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat
1560-06-11 - Marie Guise, French wife of king Jacobus V of Scotland, dies at 44
1560-06-11 - Mary of Lorraine, pro-French Regent of Scotland, dies at 44
1560-12-05 - Francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16
1560-12-05 - King Francis II of France (b. 1544)
1561-03-25 - Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German philosopher and encyclopedist (b. 1518)
1562-11-17 - Antoine de Bourbon, father of Henry IV of France (b. 1518)
1563-02-24 - Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44
1563-08-18 - Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (b. 1530)
1563-12-29 - Sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515)
1565-06-12 - Adrianus Turnebus, French classical scholar (b. 1512)
1565-10-12 - Jean Ribault, French explorer and colonizer (b. 1520)
1565-10-22 - Jean, Vicomte d'Aguisy Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile (b. 1479)
1566-04-25 - Diane de Poitiers, lover of French King Henry II, dies
1566-04-25 - Louise Labé, French poet
1566-07-02 - Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62
1567-05-31 - Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies
1567-11-12 - Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74
1568-10-03 - Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23
1569-03-13 - Lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies
1569-03-13 - Louis Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies in battle
1569-05-27 - Francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies
1570-01-08 - Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510)
1571-01-09 - Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French naval officer (b. 1510)
1571-10-04 - Claude Togniel d'Espence, French theologist (Sorbonne), dies at 60
1572-02-23 - Pierre Certon, French composer
1572-08-24 - Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded
1572-08-24 - Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist (b. 1515)
1572-08-24 - Charles de Téligny, French Huguenot soldier (bc. 1535)
1572-08-26 - Petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515)
1572-08-27 - Claude Goudimel, French composer
1573-03-13 - Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman
1574-05-30 - Charles IX, King of France (1560-74), dies
1575-07-12 - Renée/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies
1578-03-29 - Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (b. 1527)
1581-09-30 - Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518)
1583-11-24 - René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (b. 1506)
1584-06-10 - Francois-Hercule de Valois, French crown prince, dies at 28
1585-06-04 - Muretus, French humanist (b. 1526)
1588-11-01 - Jean Daurat, French poet (b. 1508)
1588-12-23 - Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37
1589-01-05 - Catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69
1589-07-01 - Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies
1589-08-01 - Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)
1589-08-02 - Henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37
1590-02-12 - Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65
1590-10-04 - Cujacius, [Jacques Cujas], French lawyer, dies at about 68
1590-12-20 - Ambroise Paré, French physician (b. 1510)
1591-01-07 - Jacobus de Kerle, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 59
1591-01-19 - Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60
1592-07-26 - Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)
1592-09-13 - Michel de Montaigne, French writer (b. 1533)
1593-02-07 - Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79
1596-10-03 - Florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541)
1596-11-01 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (b. 1539)
1597-07-20 - Franciscus Raphelengius [French of Ravelingen], Neth publisher, dies
1599-04-10 - Gabrielle d'Estrée, mistress of King Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
1602-02-19 - Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (b. 1558)
1602-10-23 - Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57
1602-10-30 - Jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet (b. 1528)
1603-11-16 - Pierre Charron, French philosopher/theologian, dies
1603-12-13 - François Viète, French mathematician (b. 1540)
1604-03-13 - Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537)
1604-10-25 - Claude de la Tremoille, French duke of Thouars/huguenot, dies
1605-09-23 - Pontus de Tyard, French poet
1605-10-13 - Theodore Beza, French theologian (b. 1519)
1606-10-05 - Philippe Desportes, French poet (b. 1546)
