Strasbourg Oaths: The first written document attesting to the existence of a Romance language distinct from Latin, the ancestor of French.

Election and coronation of Hugh Capet in Noyon: Beginning of the Capetian dynasty which would reign over France for more than eight centuries

Battle of Bouvines: Decisive victory of Philip Augustus against a European coalition, strengthening central royal power

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

Death of Francis I

CHATEAU DE RAMBOUILLET

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

Death of Louis XIV after 72 years of reign.

CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES

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

Promulgation of the French Civil Code (or Napoleonic Code): Unification of laws throughout the territory and enshrining of private property

The Farewell at Fontainebleau: Napoleon I abdicates before his imperial guard before going into exile on the island of Elba

CHATEAU DE FONTAINEBLEAU

February Revolution and abolition of slavery: Establishment of the Second Republic and adoption of universal male suffrage

Jules Ferry Laws: Establishment of free, secular, and compulsory primary education, a pillar of republican unity through education