Timeline

France - 14th and 15th Centuries

	1300
May	Guy of Flanders surrenders to Philip IV and is imprisoned
10 April	Philip holds the first Étates-Général for France
	1302
18 May	The French garrison at Bruges is massacred; the Flemings rebel
11 July	Battle of Courtrai. Philip IVof France is defeated by a Flemish army made up of citizen-soldiers
	1303
March	Philip IV  issues La Grande Ordonnance for the reform of the kingdom in response to baronial pressure
20 May	Philip IV and Edward I make peace in Treaty of Paris; Gascony is restored to Edward
24 June	Philip IV calls the European princes to a general council to hear charges against Pope Boniface
September	Philip IV   releases Guy of Flanders 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 in Compiegne prison; succeeded by his son, Robert (-1322), held captive by Philip IV
2 April	Joanna, Queen of France and Navarre, dies
June	Philip IV restores Flanders to Robert in return for an indemnity
	1307
13 October	Arrest of the Templars
	1308
May	Philip IV calls Étates-Général 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 IV makes peace with Flanders after a brief campaign
28 November	Philip IV  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 IV  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 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 III
	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 Charles IV does not have a male heir
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 III 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 II 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 Étates-Général reassembles in Paris
	1357
23 March	Treaty of Bordeaux
	1358
23 February	A mob, led by Marcel, forces Charles to confirm La Grande Ordonnance
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 Étates-Général
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 held 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 II 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 II of Navarre
12 March	Charles V recognises 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 V 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 Harfleur
	1370
July	Sir Robert Knolles raids northern France through the summer months
19 September	The Black Prince sacks Limoges
2 October	Charles V  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 call 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; Buckingham 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 dependent 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
	Siege of Parthenay begins.  Its governor Guillaume de la Court successfully defends the city against the Comte de Vertus.
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
11 July	Treaty of Poulli between the Regent and John the Fearless
31 August	Treaty signed between the Comte de Vertus and the Sire of Parthenay resulting in the lifting of the siege of Parthenay defended by Guillaume de la Court.
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' favourite, and Arthur of Brittany, the Count of Ridemont and the Constable of France
	1428
3 July	Treaty of Delft; Jacqueline of Bavaria recognises 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 Étates-Général 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 Étates-Général, at Tours
3 July	Charles of Burgundy marries Margaret, sister of King Edward IV of England
3 November	Louis makes a truce with Charles
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
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
	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
	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 Artois1483
30 August	Louis XI dies; son Charles VIII succeeds (-1498); his sister Anne of Beaujou is regent
	1484
5 January	Anne holds an Etates-Général 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
December	Louis of Orleans, Réné of Lorraine, and other French nobles form an alliance
	1487
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
December	Anne of Brittany marries Maximilian, but the marriage is annulled
	1491
6 December	Anne of Brittany marries Charles VIII

based on Europe in the Late Middle Ages by Dr. E.L. Skip Knox