Timeline
France - 14th and 15th Centuries
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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 IVmakes 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
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| 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 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-Généralreassembles 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 | Johnof 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 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 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 Jacques 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 Jacques 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 |
based on Europe in the Late Middle Ages by Dr. E.L. Skip Knox