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 | 1620 - Revolt of French nobles against Louis XIII; Richelieu makes peace, reconciling the Queen Mother to her son |
| 1620 - Massacre of Protestants in the Valtelline |
| 1621 - Huguenot rebellion against Louis XIII |
| 1622 - Richelieu recalled by Louis XIII to the Council; created Cardinal |
| 1662 - Treaty of Montpellier ends rebellion of the Huguenots |
| 1624 - Cardinal Richelieu made first minister of France (-1642) |
| 1625 - French occupy the Antilles and Cayenne |
| 1626 - Peace of La Rochelle between Huguenots and French crown |
| 1626 - Treaty of Monzon between France and Spain confirms independence of the Grisons |
| 1626 - Richelieu suppresses Chalais conspiracy, concentrating all political power in France in his own hands |
| 1627 - Huguenots rise again; George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, sails from Portsmouth with a fleet to aid them in defense of La Rochelle; failing to relieve them, he retires |
| 1627 - Richelieu signs treaty with Spain |
| 1628 - La Rochelle capitulates to French crown |
| 1629 - Peace of Susa ends war between England and France |
| 1629 - Peace of Alais ends Huguenot revolt |
| 1629 - Commercial treaty signed between Russia and France |
| 1630 - "Day of Dupes" - Richelieu overthrows conspiracy of Maria de'Medici, the Queen Mother |
| 1631 - Maria de'Medici exiled to Brussels, joining forces with her son Gaston, Duke of Orleans, to bring about Richelieu's fall |
| 1633 - French army occupies Lorraine (-1659) |
| 1635 - Franco-Swedish treaty of alliance signed by Richelieu and Oxtenstierna |
| 1635 - Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye agrees on regular French subsidies to the army of Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar |
| 1636 - Prince Octavio Piccolomini invades and is repulsed |
| 1638 - Berhnard of Saxe-Weimar takes Freiburg, defeats Duke of Lorraine at Sennheim, and conquers Breisach |
| 1638 - The future Louis XIV born (d. 1715) |
| 1638 - Franco-Swedish alliance renewed for three years |
| 1640 - French finish occupation of Alsace |
| 1641 - Comte de Soissons' conspiracy against King Louis XIII |
| 1642 - Cardinal Richelieu dies (b. 1585); succeeded as first minister the by Italian-born Cardinal Mazarin |
| 1643 - Louis XIII of France dies; succeeded by his five-year-old son Louis XIV (-1715 |
| 1643 - Anne of Austria, the Queen Mother, invested with supreme power, confirms Mazarin as first minister |
| 1643 - Austro-Bavarian army defeats Franch at Duttlingen |
| 1644 - French occupation of the Rhineland |
| 1645 - Peace talks open between Holy Roman Empire and France at Munster and Osnabruck |
| 1648 - Outbreak of the Fronde in France |
| 1649 - War of the Fronde begins in France; the Court leaves Paris |
| 1649 - Treaty of Ruel ends first Fronde; Court returns after treaty has been signed |
| 1650 - Mazarin allies himself with leaders of the first Fronde, imprisoning leaders of second Fronde |
| 1651 - Parlement votes for release of Conde, Fronde leader; Mazarin forced to leave Paris; the queen forced to ally herself with the Fronde against him |
| 1651 - King Louis XIV attains majority |
| 1652 - Provisional Fronde government set up in Paris |
| 1652 - Louis XIV reestablishes lawful government, recalling Mazarin |
| 1653 - End of Fronde |
| 1654 - Corronation of Louis XIV at Rheims |
| 1659 - Peace of the Pyrenees between France and Spain |
| 1660 - Louis XIV of France marries maria Teresa, Infanta of Spain |
| 1661 - Cardinal Mazarin dies; Louis XIV begins his personal rule |
| 1661 - Philip, Duke of Orleans, marries Henrietta, sister of Charles II |
| 1661 - Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683) becomes Minister of Finance (-1683); revenue shows deficit of 22 million francs |
| 1662 - Charles II sells Dunkirk to France for £ 400,000 |
| 1664 - Alliance between France and Brandenburg |
| 1666 - France and the Dutch declare war on England |
| 1666 - French capture Antigua, Montserrat, and St. Christopher |
| 1667 - Secret treaty between Louis XIV and Charles II against Spain |
| 1667 - War of Devolution begins as troops invade Netherlands |
| 1667 - Anne of Austria, mother of Louis XIV, dies (b. 1602) |
| 1667 - Peace of Breda between the Dutch, France, and England |
| 1668 - Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle ends War of Devolution between France and Spain |
| 1668 - Treaty between Louis XIV and Leopold I concerning future partition of Spanish realms |
| 1670 - Defensive alliance between France and Bavaria |
| 1670 - Treaty of Dover bertween England and France |
| 1670 - France occupies Lorraine |
| 1671 - Philip of Orleans, brother of Louis XIV, marries Princess Liselotte, heiress to the Palatinate |
| 1672 - France declares war on the Dutch; army crosses Rhine; Louis XIV rejects Dutch peace offer |
| 1673 - After preliminary peace between Brandenburg and France the "Great Elector" promises, in Treaty of Vossen, not to support any enemies of Louis XIV |
| 1673 - Emperor Leopold I declares war on France |
| 1673 - Expedition against Ceylon |
| 1675 - Alliance between France and Poland |
| 1675 - Charles II of England receives 500,000 crowns from Louis XIV and is able to prorogue English Parliament for 15 months |
| 1677 - Duke or Orleans defeats Dutch at Cassel |
| 1678 - Peace of Jijmegen between France and the Dutch |
| 1678 - Peace of Jijmegen between France and Spain |
| 1679 - Peace of Jijmegen between Louis XIV and Leopold I |
| 1679 - King Charles II of Spain marries Marie Louise of Orleans |
| 1680 - Colonial empire, reaching from Quebec to mouth of Mississippi River, is organized |
| 1681 - Defensive alliances between Brandenburg and France |
| 1682 - La Salle claims Louisianna territory for France and takes possession of Mississippi Valley |
| 1683 - Spain declares war on France |
| 1684 - Louis XIV, after death of Queen Maria Theresa, marries Mme. de Maintenon |
| 1685 - Charles, the Elector Palatinate, dies; electorate claimed by Louis XIV for his sister-in-law Liselotte |
| 1686 - League of Augsburg against Louis XIV |
| 1686 - Charles, Duke of Lorraine, takes Buda from Turks, who held it for 145 years |
| 1686 - French annex Madagascar |
| 1688 - War between France and the Empire; Louis XIV invades Palatinate and takes Heidelberg |
| 1688 - King James II escapes to France (d. at Varsailles, 1701) |
| 1689 - Louis XIV declares war on Great Britain |
| 16j89 - French burn Baden-Baden |
| 1690 - Spain joins Great Alliance against France |
| 1693 - French sack Heildelberg for second time |
| 1693 - Battle of Lagos; French defeat English merchant fleet |
| 1693 - Louis XIV begins his peace policy, reconciliation with the Vatican |
| 1696 - William III campaigning in Holland against French |
| 1697 - French under Andre de Brue attempt to colonize West Africa |
| 1700 - King Charles II of Spain dies; end of the Spanish Hapsburgs; Philip V, grandson of Louis XIV, heir to throne |
| 1701 - Prince Eugene defeats French at Carpi and Chiara |
| James II of England dies; Louis XIV recognizes the "Old Pretender," James Edward, son of James II, as King James III |
| 1702 - Rebellion of Protestant peasants, "Camisards," in Cevennes |
| 1703 - Marie Leszczynska, future Queen Consort of Louis XV of France, born (d. 1768) |
| 1706 - Prince Eugene defeats French at Turin |
| 1708 - "Old Pretender" arrives at Firth of Forth; returns four days later to France |
| 1708 - Marlborough and Prince Eugene defeat French at Oudenarde |
| 1709 - Marlborough ("The Butcher") and Prince Eugene take Tournai, defeat French at Malplaquet, and conquer Mons |
| 1710 - Future Louis XV, King of France, born (d. 1774) |
| 1710 - Mauritius, formerly part of Dutch East Indies, becomes French |
| 1711 - The Dauphin dies; within one year his heir, the Duke of Burgundy, the Duchess, and their eldest son also die |
| 1711 - Rio de Janeiro captured by French |
| 1714 - Peace of Baden: France keeps Strasbourg and Alsace |
| 1715 - Louis XIV of France dies; succeeded by his great-grandson (at 5) Louis XV (-1774) under regency of the Duc d'Orleans |
| 1716 - James III, the "Old Pretender," leaves Great Britain, lands in France |
| 1717 - James III, the "Old Pretender," forced to leave France |
| 1717 - Peter the Great in Paris |
| 1718 - Quadruple Alliance signed by France, the Empire, England, and Holland |
| 1719 - France declares war on Spain |
More to come!
