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1511
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1512
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1513
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6.6.1513
Italian Wars: Battle of Novara. Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis de la Tremoille, forcing the French to abandon Milan. Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
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1515
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1516
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1534
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1535
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5.19.1535
French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage).
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1541
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1543
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1545
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7.21.1545
The first landing of French troops on the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight. |
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1558
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1.7.1558
France takes Calais, the last continental possession of England. |
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7.13.1558
Battle of Gravelines: in France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines. |
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1560
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1561
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8.19.1561
An 18-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France. |
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1562
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1.17.1562
France recognizes the Huguenots under the Edict of Saint-Germain. |
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1574
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1585
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7.7.1585
The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
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1594
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2.27.1594
Henry IV is crowned King of France.
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1608
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7.30.1608
At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs. This was to set the tone for French-Iroquois relations for the next one hundred years. |
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1615
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1624
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6.10.1624
Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands. |
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1631
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5.30.1631
Publication of La Gazette, first French newspaper. |
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1632
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3.29.1632
Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629. |
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1634
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8.18.1634
Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
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1635
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1645
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1647
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1649
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3.11.1649
The Frondeurs and the French sign the Peace of Rueil. |
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1654
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6.7.1654
Louis XIV is crowned King of France.
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1659
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11.17.1659
The Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain. |
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1682
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1685
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2.18.1685
Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas. |
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1687
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1689
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2.12.1689
The Convention Parliament convenes and declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication. |
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1704
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2.29.1704
Queen Anne's War: French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts, killing 100 men, women, and children. |
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1706
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5.23.1706
Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal Villeroi. |
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1709
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1729
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