The Coronation of Charlemagne
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Strasbourg Oaths: The first written document attesting to the existence of a Romance language distinct from Latin, the ancestor of French.
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Treaty of Verdun: Partition of Charlemagne's Empire and birth of West Francia, direct ancestor of the Kingdom of France
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Election and coronation of Hugh Capet in Noyon: Beginning of the Capetian dynasty which would reign over France for more than eight centuries
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Battle of Hastings: William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, becomes King of England, linking the destinies of the two nations
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Battle of Bouvines: Decisive victory of Philip Augustus against a European coalition, strengthening central royal power
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Arrival of the Black Death in France via the port of Marseille: Demographic catastrophe killing nearly a third of the French population
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The liberation of Orléans by Joan of Arc: A major turning point in the Hundred Years' War and the beginning of the reconquest of the territory by Charles VII
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Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts: French becomes the official language of law and administration in place of Latin
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The future Henry IV was born at Pau Castle. According to legend, his mother, Jeanne d'Albret, rubbed his lips with garlic and Jurançon wine.
MUSEE NATIONAL DU CHATEAU DE PAU
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Edict of pacification signed by Henry IV in Nantes, which defined the rights of Protestants in France and put an end to the Wars of Religion.
CHATEAU DES DUCS DE BRETAGNE
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The birth of Louis XIII The future king was born. His father, Henri IV, had carried out major works (creation of the Offices courtyard and the canal), doubling the surface area of ??the palace.
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Assassination of Henry IV by Ravaillac in Paris: Death of the "Vert Galant" and the beginning of the regency of Marie de Medici for the young Louis XIII
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Louis XIII had a modest hunting lodge built in brick and stone, the central core of what would become the largest palace in Europe.
CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES
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The founding of the French Academy by Richelieu: Institutionalization of the French language and the beginning of the standardization of grammar
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Nicknamed "Louis-Dieudonné" because of his birth being awaited for 23 years, Louis XIV was born in 1638, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
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Jules Hardouin-Mansart launched the construction of the Hall of Mirrors, a symbol of France's political and economic power.
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The Edict of Fontainebleau: Louis XIV here signs the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, prohibiting Protestantism in France, a major political and religious turning point.
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Birth of Napoleon Bonaparte
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Louis XV dies of smallpox. Louis XVI becomes king and offers the Petit Trianon to Marie Antoinette: "This bouquet is for you".
CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES
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The Assembly of Vizille Following the "Day of the Tiles" in Grenoble, representatives of the three estates met illegally in the Jeu de Paume room of the castle. They demanded the convocation of the Estates General: this was the prelude to the French Revolution.
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The Storming of the Bastille and the Declaration of the Rights of Man: The Collapse of the Ancien Régime and the Birth of Modern France
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