| 1300 |
| |
May |
Guy of Flanders surrenders to Philip
IV and is imprisoned |
| 10 |
April |
Philip holds the first
Estates-General for France |
| 1302 |
| 18 |
May |
The French garrison at Bruges is
massacred; the Flemings rebel |
| 11 |
July |
Battle of Courtrai. Philip IV of France is defeated by a Flemish army made up of citizen-soldiers |
| 1303 |
| |
March |
Philip issues La Grande
Ordonnance for the reform of the kingdom in response to baronial
pressure |
| 20 |
May |
Philip and Edward make peace in
Treaty of Paris; Gascony is restored to Edward |
| 24 |
June |
Philip calls the European princes to
a general council to hear charges against Pope Boniface |
| |
September |
Philip releases Guy after an
unsuccessful campaign in Flanders |
| 7 |
September |
William of Nogaret arrests Pope
Boniface at Anagni |
| 1304 |
| |
August |
French defeat the Flemings at
Mons-en-Pévèle, near Lille |
| 1305 |
| |
March |
Guy, Count of Flanders, dies;
succeeded by his son, Robert (-1322), held captive by Philip IV |
| 2 |
April |
Joanna, Queen of France and Navarre,
dies |
| |
June |
Philip restores Flanders to Robert
in return for an indemnity |
| 1307 |
| 13 |
October |
Arrest of the Templars |
| 1308 |
| |
May |
Philip calls Estates-General for
support in his case against the Templars |
| 1310 |
| |
|
Lyons incorporated into France after
royal forces occupy it and arrest its Archbishop |
| 1312 |
| |
|
Robert of Flanders cedes to France
the castellanies of Lilli, Douai, and Béthune in lieu of the
indemnity promised in 1305 |
| 1314 |
| 18 |
March |
Jacques du Molay burnt in Paris |
| |
September |
Philip makes peace with Flanders
after a brief campaign |
| 28 |
November |
Philip ends collection of the tax
voted for the Flemish campaign because it is causing revolts by the
provincial leagues of towns and nobles |
| 30 |
November |
Philip dies; son Louis X (-1316)
succeeds |
| 1315 |
| |
|
Louis grants charters to various
provincial leagues |
| 30 |
April |
Enguerrand de Marigny, Philip's
finance minister, is hanged |
| |
August |
Louis fails in a campaign to conquer
Flanders |
| 1316 |
| 5 |
June |
Louis X dies; brother Philip, Count
of Poitiers, becomes regent because Louis' widow is pregnant |
| 14 |
November |
birth of King John I of France |
| 19 |
November |
King John dies |
| 1317 |
| 9 |
January |
Philip of Poitiers becomes King
Philip V of France (-1322) |
| 1318 |
| 27 |
March |
Philip makes peace with Burgundy;
end of the Movement of the Leagues |
| 1320 |
| 5 |
May |
Philip makes peace with Robert of
Flanders |
| 1322 |
| 2 |
January |
Philip V dies; succeeded by his
brother, Charles IV (-1328) |
|
September |
Robert of Flanders dies; Louis of
Nevers succeeds (-1323) |
| 1323 |
|
June |
A revolt in Flanders leads to the
deposition of Louis of Nevers in favor of his uncle, Robert of Cassel
(-1328) |
| 1324 |
| |
August |
Charles IV declares Gascony
confiscated because of the attack on the bastide of Saint-Sardos;
he invades Gascony and overruns much of it |
| 1327 |
| 31 |
March |
End of the War of Saint-Sardos;
Gascony is restored to Edward |
| 1328 |
| 1 |
February |
Charles IV dies; Philip of Valois
becomes regent because Charles IV's widow is pregnant |
| 1 |
April |
Philip of Valois becomes King Philip
VI (-1350) because the child of Charles IV is a girl |
| 23 |
August |
Philip VI defeats the Flemings at
the Battle of Cassel; Louis of Nevers is restored as Count |
| 1330 |
| |
|
Joanna, Countess of Burgundy and
widow of Philip V, marries Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy; this unites the
two Burgundies |
| 1332 |
| 8 |
April |
Philip banishes Robert of Artois |
| 25 |
July |
Philip takes the cross for a crusade
to Palestine |
| 1334 |
| |
May |
Philip gives sanctuary to David II
of Scotland |
| 1337 |
| 24 |
May |
Philip announces the confiscation of
Gascony; the Hundred Years War begins |
| 28 |
December |
James van Artevelde becomes the
leader of the Flemings who are rebelling against Count Louis because of
the English wool embargo |
| 1338 |
|
June |
A French fleet sacks Portsmouth,
England |
| 1339 |
| |
October |
Philip and Edward campaign in
Picardy, but fight no pitched battle |
| 1340 |
| 25 |
January |
The Flemings acclaim Edward as King
of France |
| 24 |
June |
Battle of Sluys |
| 25 |
September |
Philip and Edward agree to a truce
at Esplechin, to last for five years |
| 1341 |
| 15 |
March |
Philip and Emperor Louis sign an
alliance at Vincennes |
| 30 |
April |
Jean III, Duke of Brittany, dies;
there ensues a disputed succession between his half-brother, Jean de
Montfort, and his niece, Jeanne de Penthièvre, the wife of Charles of
Blois, in whose favor the Parlement of Paris decides |
|
November |
Charles of Blois captures Jean de
Montfort, who is imprisoned in France; Jean's wife, Jeanne, recognizes
Edward as King of France and seeks his assistance |
| 1342 |
| |
June |
Walter de Mauny, with an English
expedition, relieves Jeanne de Montfort, who had been holding Honnebout
against Charles of Blois |
| 30 |
September |
The English in Brittany defeat
Charles of Blois at Morlaix |
| |
October |
Edward arrives in Brittany to join
the campaign against Charles |
| 1343 |
| 4 |
January |
By the Treaty of Malestroit, Edward
and Philip agree to a truce |
| 1345 |
| 20 |
May |
Jean de Montfort, who has escaped
from France, does homage to Edward for Brittany |
| 24 |
July |
Riots between the fullers and
weavers of Ghent lead to the murder of James van Artevelde |
| |
September |
William II of Hainault (and IV of
Holland) dies; his sister, Margaret, wife of Lewis the Bavarian,
succeeds |
| 26 |
September |
Jean de Montfort dies; son John IV
succeeds (-1399) |
| 21 |
October |
Henry of Grosmont, Earl of
Lancaster, defeats the French at Auberoche, in Gascony |
| 1346 |
| 12 |
July |
Edward lands in Normandy at
Saint-Vaast de la Hogue |
| 26 |
July |
Edward takes Caen |
| 26 |
August |
Battle of Crécy |
| 4 |
September |
Siege of Calais begins |
| 4 |
October |
Henry of Lancaster takes Poitiers |
| 1347 |
| 20 |
June |
Sir Thomas Dagworth captures Charles
of Blois at Bégard, in Brittany |
| 25 |
June |
A French fleet is defeated at Le
Crotoy, on the Somme River |
| |
August |
Calais surrenders to the English |
| 28 |
September |
Truce between Philip and Edward |
| 1349 |
| 13 |
January |
Louis of Flanders takes Ghent |
| |
May |
Philip buys Montpellier from James
II of Majorca |
| 1350 |
| 22 |
August |
Philip VI dies; his son John II
(-1364) succeeds |
| 29 |
August |
Edward defeats Spanish privateers
off Winchelsea |
| 18 |
November |
Robert of Brienne, Constable of
France, is executed on charges of treason |
| 1351 |
| 27 |
March |
The Battle of the Thirty |
| 1352 |
| 6 |
January |
John holds the first feast for the
Order of the Star |
| |
August |
English and Bretons defeat the
Montfort faction at Mauron |
| 1354 |
| 8 |
January |
Charles of Navarre murders Charles
d'Espagne, Constable of France; he conspires with Edward against John |
| 1355 |
| |
November |
Edward campaigns in Picardy for ten
days; the Black Prince raids southern France, sacking Carcassone and
Narbonne |
| 2 |
December |
In a meeting of the Estates of
northern France, Étienne Marcel emerges as a leader of the
opposition |
| 1356 |
| 18 |
June |
Henry of Lancaster lands in Normandy |
| 19 |
September |
Battle of Poitiers |
| 17 |
October |
The Estates General reassembles in
Paris |
| 1357 |
| 23 |
March |
Treaty of Bordeaux |
| 1358 |
| 23 |
February |
A mob, led by Marcel, forces Charles
to confirm La Grande Ordonnoance |
| 27 |
March |
Charles escapes from Paris |
| 28 |
May |
The Jacquerie breaks out in the
Beauvaisis |
| 24 |
June |
The Jacquerie is suppressed |
| 31 |
July |
Étienne Marcel is murdered |
| 2 |
August |
Charles returns to Paris |
| 1359 |
| 24 |
March |
Treaty of London - John cedes to
Edward all the old Angevin lands in full sovereignty |
| 25 |
May |
The treaty is rejected by the
Estates General |
| 4 |
December |
Edward begins a new campaign by
besieging Reims |
| 1360 |
| 11 |
January |
Edward abandons the siege of Reims
and raids Burgundy |
| 7 |
April |
Edward besieges Paris, but withdraws
on the 12th |
| 8 |
May |
Treaty of Brétigny |
| 24 |
October |
Treaty of Calais, confirming the
Treaty of Brétigny |
| 1361 |
| 21 |
November |
Philip de Rouvres, Duke of Burgundy,
dies without issue; John of France takes possession of the Duchy |
| 1362 |
| 6 |
April |
An army of routiers defeat
the French at Brignais, Burgundy |
| 1363 |
|
April |
John of France takes a crusading vow |
| 6 |
September |
John grants the Duchy of Burgundy to
his son, Philip the Bold (-1404) |
| 1364 |
| |
January |
John returns to captivity in London
when one of the hostages for him escapes |
| 8 |
April |
John II dies; son Charles V succeeds
(-1380) |
| 16 |
May |
Bertrand du Guesclin defeats the
Captal de Buch, leading the army of Charles of Navarre, at Cocherel, on
the Eure River |
| 29 |
September |
The Montfort party defeats and kills
Charles of Blois, and captures Bertrand du Guesclin at Auray, in
Brittany |
| 1365 |
| 6 |
March |
Charles V makes peace with Charles
of Navarre |
| 12 |
March |
Charles V recognizes John of
Montfort as Duke of Brittany |
| 22 |
August |
Charles V sends Bertrand du Guesclin
to Spain, to serve Henry of Trastamare |
| 1368 |
| 18 |
November |
Charles V renews the war with
England |
| 1369 |
| |
January |
A rebellion against Edward begins in
Gascony |
| |
April |
Charles V conquers Ponthieu |
| 22 |
April |
Hugues d'Aubriot founds the Bastille |
| 21 |
May |
Charles declares war on England |
| 3 |
June |
Edward reassumes the title of "King
of France" |
| 19 |
June |
Philip the Bold marries Margaret,
daughter of Louis le Maële of Flanders |
|
September |
John of Gaunt raids France from
Calais to Harfluer |
| 1370 |
| |
July |
Sir Robert Knolles raids northern
France through the summer months |
| 19 |
September |
The Black Prince sackes Limoges |
| 2 |
October |
Charles makes du Guesclin the
Constable of France |
| 4 |
December |
du Guesclin defeats Knolles at
Pontvallain, in Maine |
| 1372 |
| 7 |
August |
The French recover Poitiers |
|
December |
Charles' conquest of Poitou is
completed |
| 1373 |
| 28 |
April |
John IV of Brittany flees to England
following a pro-French revolt |
| |
August |
John of Gaunt raids into Champagne
and Brittany |
|
December |
John's raid ends as he arrives at
Bordeaux |
| 1374 |
| 11 |
February |
The French and English make a truce
for Picardy at Bourbourg |
| 1375 |
| 27 |
June |
English and French embassies, in
conference at Bruges, conclude a general truce; Edward now holds only
Calais, Brest, Bordeaux and Bayonne |
| 1377 |
|
July |
The French sack the Isle of Wight
and harry the English coast |
| 1378 |
| |
June |
The English take possession of
Cherbourg by treaty with Charles II of Navarre |
|
September |
An English expedition fails to take
St Malo |
| 1379 |
| 3 |
August |
John IV recovers Brittany following
an anti-French rebellion |
| 1380 |
| 24 |
July |
An expedition led by Thomas of
Woodstock, Earl of Buckingham, leaves Calais to raid Picardy, Champagne
and the Loire river valley |
| |
August |
A French fleet raids the Thames and
burns Gravesend |
| 16 |
September |
Charles V the Wise dies; succeeded
by his son Charles VI (-1422) and a regency council |
| 23 |
September |
Buckingham's expedition reaches
Brittany |
| 16 |
November |
The regency council in France
abolishes all taxes |
| 1381 |
| 15 |
January |
Treaty of Vincennes, by which John
of Montfort is recognized as Duke of Brittany by Charles VI; Buckinham
departs, leaving a garrison at Brest; a six-year truce |
| 1382 |
| |
February |
New taxes cause riots in Rouen,
known as La Harelle |
| 1 |
March |
The maillotins of Paris riot
against new taxes |
| 3 |
May |
The weavers of Ghent, led by Philip
van Artevelde, take Bruges; other Flemish towns rebel |
| 27 |
November |
French army defeats the Flemish at
Roosebeke; Philip van Artevelde is killed |
| 1383 |
| |
January |
The French army, returning from
Flanders, restores royal order in Paris; taxes are reimposed |
|
May |
An English expedition to Flanders
fails to raise a new rebellion there |
| 1384 |
| 30 |
January |
Louis de Maële, Count of
Flanders, dies; succeeded by his son-in-law, Philip the Bold of Burgundy
(-1404) |
| 1385 |
| 18 |
December |
Peace of Tournai ends the unrest in
Flanders |
| 1386 |
|
October |
The French abandon their planned
invasion of England |
| 1387 |
| 1 |
January |
Charles the Bad of Navarre dies |
| 1388 |
| 28 |
October |
Charles VI announces his intention
to rule; in practice, he is dependend upon the old councillors of his
father |
| 1391 |
| 24 |
February |
Charles VI cancels a planned
invasion of Italy |
| 1392 |
| 13 |
June |
John of Brittany instigates an
attempt to murder Oliver de Clisson, Constable of France |
|
August |
Charles becomes insane; Burgundy and
Berry, his uncles, take control of the government and dismiss les
marmousets |
| 1396 |
| 12 |
March |
A truce is signed for twenty-eight
years |
| 27 |
October |
Charles and Richard meet near Calais |
| 4 |
November |
Richard marries Isabella, Charles'
daughter |
| 27 |
November |
The French take possession of Genoa |
| 1397 |
| 12 |
June |
The English garrison, by terms of
the treaty, leaves Brest |
| 1404 |
| 27 |
April |
Philip the Bold of Burgundy dies;
succeeded by his son, John the Fearless (-1419) |
| 14 |
July |
France allies with Owain Glyn Dwr of
Wales |
| 1405 |
|
August |
The dukes of Orleans and Burgundy
each raise an army against each other; Burgundy enters Paris and takes
control of the government |
| 16 |
October |
Orleans and Burgundy agree to a
truce |
| 1406 |
|
October |
Duke of Orleans unsuccessfully
invades Gascony |
| 1407 |
| 23 |
November |
The Duke of Orleans is murdered; the
Duke of Burgundy is blamed |
| 1408 |
| 28 |
February |
Burgundy defends himself in Paris |
| 23 |
September |
Burgundy defeats the rebel Bishop of
Liège |
| 1410 |
| 2 |
November |
Truce between Burgundy and the
Armagnacs |
| 1411 |
| 8 |
November |
Armagnacs try to take Paris but are
defeated at St Cloud by Burgundy, with English aid |
| 1412 |
| 18 |
May |
Armagnacs make an alliance with
Henry IV of England |
| 22 |
August |
Truce between Armagnacs and
Burgundians |
| 1413 |
| 30 |
January |
Estates for northern France refuse
to grant taxes and demand reforms in the government |
| 28 |
April |
Cabochiens riot in Paris and seize
the Bastille |
| 29 |
May |
Reform attempts in France are
rejected; more riots |
| 4 |
August |
Armagnacs take Paris and restore
order |
| 8 |
September |
Repression of the Cabochiens |
| 1414 |
| 23 |
May |
John of Burgundy allies with Henry V |
|
August |
Armagnacs attack Burgundy |
| 1415 |
| 23 |
February |
Armagnacs and Burgundians agree to a
truce |
| 13 |
August |
Henry V invades France |
| 22 |
September |
Harfleur falls |
| 25 |
October |
Battle of Agincourt |
| 16 |
November |
Henry V leaves France |
| 1417 |
| 1 |
August |
Henry invades Normandy |
| 20 |
September |
Caen falls |
| 1418 |
| 29 |
May |
An army of Burgundians is admitted
into Paris |
| 12 |
June |
Massacre of the Armagnacs in Paris |
| 29 |
July |
Siege of Rouen begins |
| 29 |
September |
Cherbourg surrenders to Henry |
| 26 |
December |
The Dauphin Charles declares himself
Regent |
| 1419 |
| 19 |
January |
Rouen surrenders |
| 10 |
September |
John of Burgundy is murdered; son
Philip the Good succeeds (-1467) |
| 5 |
October |
Amadeus of Savoy acquires Nice |
| 25 |
December |
Philip of Burgundy allies with Henry
V |
| 1420 |
| 21 |
May |
Treaty of Troyes |
| 2 |
June |
Charles' daughter, Catherine,
marries Henry V |
| 1 |
December |
Henry and Charles enter Paris |
| 1421 |
| 22 |
March |
The Dauphin's troops defeat the
English at Baugé during Henry's absence in England; his brother
Thomas, Duke of Clarence, is killed |
| 23 |
April |
Philip of Burgundy buys Namur from
its marquis, John III |
| 6 |
October |
Henry begins the siege of Meaux |
| 1422 |
| 10 |
May |
Meaux surrenders to Henry V |
| 31 |
August |
Henry V dies; succeeded by his son,
Henry VI, who is less than one year old |
| 21 |
October |
Charles VI dies; by terms of the
treaty, Henry VI now claims to be King of France |
| 30 |
October |
The Dauphin assumes the title of
King of France as Charles VII |
| 1423 |
| 31 |
July |
Anglo-Burgundian alliance defeats
the French at Cravant |
| 1424 |
| 17 |
August |
John, Duke of Bedford, defeats
French at Verneuil |
| 1425 |
| 2 |
August |
Le Mans surrenders to the English |
| 1427 |
| 5 |
September |
French defeat the English at
Montargis |
|
|
Private war breaks out between Georges de la
Trémoille, Charles' favorite, and Arthur of Brittany, the Count
of Ridemont and the Constable of France |
| 1428 |
| 3 |
July |
Treaty of Delft; Jacqueline of
Bavaria recognizes Philip of Burgundy as governor and her heir in
Holland, Zeeland and Hainault |
| 7 |
October |
The English begin the siege of
Orleans |
| 1429 |
| 10 |
January |
Philip of Burgundy establishes the
Order of the Golden Fleece |
| 12 |
February |
Battle of the Herrings at Rouvray
results in an English victory when the French attack supplies bound for
the siege of Orleans |
| 23 |
February |
Joan of Arc arrives at Chinon to
meet with Charles VII |
| 29 |
April |
Joan relieves Orleans |
| 8 |
May |
The English abandon the siege of
Orleans |
| 18 |
June |
French defeat English at Patay |
| 17 |
July |
Charles VII is crowned at Reims |
| 1430 |
| 23 |
May |
Burgundian troops capture Joan of
Arc |
| 4 |
August |
Philip of Burgundy inherits the
Duchies of Brabant and Limburg |
| 1431 |
| 30 |
May |
Joan of Arc burnt as a heretic at
Rouen |
| 16 |
December |
Henry VI crowned as King of France
in Paris |
| 1433 |
|
June |
Georges de la Trémoille is
seized by his enemies and compelled to retire from the court of Charles
VII |
| 1434 |
|
|
Peasant rebellions in Lower Normandy
are suppressed by the English |
| 1435 |
| 5 |
August |
English, French and Burgundian
embassies begin the Congress of Arras |
| 6 |
September |
The English abandon the Congress |
| 15 |
September |
John of Bedford, the regent of
France, dies |
| 21 |
September |
Treaty of Arras; Philip of Burgundy
makes peace with Charles VII |
| 28 |
October |
French capture Dieppe |
| 1436 |
| 13 |
April |
Paris is liberated by the French |
| 2 |
August |
Philip of Burgundy abandons his
attack on Calais |
| 1437 |
| 12 |
February |
Richard, Duke of York, the English
military commander in France, takes Pontoise |
|
April |
A conspiracy against Charles VII
collapses; it had been fomented by
Duke Charles I of Bourbon, John II of Alençon, Réné
of Anjou, John V of Brittany, and Count John IV of Armagnac |
|
|
Philip of Burgundy acquires the
Duchy of Luxemburg by purchase |
| 1438 |
| 7 |
July |
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges |
| 1439 |
|
July |
English and French embassies fail to
settle on a peace at the Congress of Calais when the English refuse to
renounce Henry VI's claim to the French throne |
| 13 |
September |
English garrison at Meaux surrenders |
| 28 |
September |
English make a separate peace with
Burgundy |
| 2 |
November |
Charles publishes the Grande
Ordonnance |
| 1440 |
|
|
A baronial revolt, the Praguerie,
is suppressed by Charles VII |
|
July |
The English recover Harfleur |
| 26 |
October |
Gilles de Pais, a Breton noble, is
executed |
| 1441 |
| 19 |
September |
The French take Pontoise, completing
their recover of the Île-de-France |
| 1442 |
| 3 |
August |
Charles takes Dax in a campaign in
Gascony |
| 1443 |
|
August |
John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset,
lands at Cherbourg in a campaign intended to relieve Gascony |
| 21 |
November |
Philip of Burgundy seizes Luxemburg
city |
|
December |
Somerset retires to Normandy after
raiding Anjou |
| 1444 |
| 28 |
May |
Charles makes a truce with Henry,
who agrees to marry Margaret, daughter of Réné of Anjou |
| 1445 |
| 23 |
April |
Henry VI marries Margaret of Anjou |
|
|
Charles VII establishes
compagnies de Grande Ordonnance |
| 1448 |
| 16 |
March |
The English surrender Le Mans to the
French |
| 28 |
April |
Charles establishes regular
companies of Free Archers |
| 1449 |
| 24 |
March |
English sack Fougères, in
Brittany |
| 29 |
October |
English surrender Rouen to French |
| 1450 |
| 15 |
April |
Battle of Formigny |
| 12 |
August |
Cherbourg surrenders to the French |
| 1451 |
| 12 |
June |
Bordeaux surrenders to Charles VII |
| 20 |
August |
French capture Bayonne |
| 1452 |
| 23 |
October |
A revolt in Bordeaux allows the
English to recover the town |
| 1453 |
| 29 |
May |
Jacques Coeur is exiled |
| 17 |
July |
Battle of Châtillon; end of
the Hundred Years War |
| 23 |
July |
Philip of Burgundy defeats rebels
from Ghent at Gavre |
| 19 |
October |
Bordeaux surrenders to Charles |
| 1456 |
|
September |
Charles confiscates the Dauphiné;
the Dauphin, Louis, takes refuge with Philip of Burgundy |
| 1457 |
|
August |
A French fleet sacks Sandwich |
| 1461 |
| 22 |
July |
Charles VII dies; son Louis XI
succeeds (-1483) |
| 27 |
November |
Louis revokes the Pragmatic Sanction |
| 1462 |
| 9 |
May |
Treaty of Bayonne; John of Aragon
pledges Roussillon and Cerdagne to Louis in return for help against the
Catalans |
| 1463 |
| 9 |
January |
The French take Perpignan |
|
|
Philip of Burgundy holds an
estates-general at Bruges |
| 1465 |
|
|
The War of the Public Weal |
| 1467 |
| 15 |
June |
Philip of Burgundy dies; succeeded
by his son, Charles the Bold (-1477) |
| 28 |
October |
Charles the Bold suppresses a
rebellion at Liége and repeals its privileges |
| 1468 |
| 6 |
April |
Louis holds his only meeting of an
Estates General, at Tours |
| 3 |
July |
Charles of Burgundy marries
Margaret, sister of King Edward IV of England |
| 10 |
September |
Louis makes a treaty of peace with
Duke Francis II of Brittany, at Ancenis |
| 9 |
October |
Louis arrives at Péronne to
meet with Charles of Burgundy; Liége rebels; Louis is held by Charles |
| 30 |
October |
Louis is compelled to attend Charles
at the sack of Liége |
| 1469 |
| 1 |
August |
Louis XI founds the Order of St.
Michael |
| 1471 |
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January |
Louis invades Picardy in a campaign
against Burgundy |
| 1472 |
| 24 |
May |
Charles of France, brother of Louis
XI, dies; Louis is thus able to recover the Duchy of Guienne |
| 27 |
June |
Charles of Burgundy attacks Beauvais |
| 3 |
November |
Louis makes a truce with Charles |
| 1473 |
| 1 |
February |
France loses Roussillon and Cerdagne
to Aragon |
| 4 |
March |
John V, Count of Armagnac, dies
after his rebellion and his surrender of Lectoure |
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Charles of Burgundy occupies
Guelders and Zutphen |
| 1475 |
| 10 |
March |
Perpignan is recovered for France |
| 4 |
July |
Edward of England invades at Calais |
| 29 |
August |
A seven-year truce between England
and France |
| 1477 |
| 5 |
January |
Charles the Bold is killed at the
Battle of Nancy, after which Louis acquires both the Duchy and the
County of Burgundy, along with the five Somme towns |
| 3 |
April |
Guillaume Hugon, Chancellor of
Burgundy, is murdered in Ghent |
| 4 |
August |
Jacques d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours,
is executed as a traitor against Louis |
| 1478 |
| 15 |
September |
Louis calls a council of the
Gallican Church to Orleans to protest payments to the papacy |
| 1479 |
| 7 |
August |
An indecisive battle is fought
between Louis and Emperor Maximilian at Guinegate in Flanders |
| 1480 |
| 10 |
July |
Réné II the Good, Duke
of Anjou dies; Louis XI thereby gains Anjou, Maine, and Bar |
| 1482 |
| 23 |
December |
Louis makes peace with Maximilian,
who recognizes the French occupation of Burgundy, Picardy and Artois |
| 1483 |
| 30 |
August |
Louis XI dies; son Charles VIII
succeeds (-1498); his sister Anne of Beaujou is regent |
| 1484 |
| 5 |
January |
Anne holds an Estates-General at
Tours |
| 1485 |
| 14 |
January |
La Guerre Folle begins (lasts
into September) |
| 1486 |
| 10 |
February |
The Breton Estates plan the marriage
of Anne, the heir of Duke Francis, to Emperor Maximilian; he then
attempts to invade France |
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December |
Louis of Orleans, Réné of Lorraine,
and other French nobles form an alliance |
| 1487 |
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March |
Anne's forces suppress the rebellion
in Guienne |
| 1488 |
| 27 |
July |
French royal forces defeat and
capture Louis of Orleans at Saint-Aubin du Cormier |
| 20 |
August |
Charles VIII makes peace with
Francis of Brittany |
| 9 |
September |
Death of Duke Francis II of
Brittany; succeeded by his daughter, Anne, (-1491); Charles claims
custody of the duchy, but the Bretons oppose him |
| 1489 |
| 14 |
February |
The English invade Brittany |
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December |
Anne of Brittany marries Maximilian,
but it is annuled |
| 1491 |
| 6 |
December |
Anne of Brittany marries Charles
VIII |
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