A D. 1475. Invasion of France by Edward IV. of England. 1483. Charles VIII. king. 1494. Charles conquers Naples. 1496. Charles loses his Neapolitan conquests. 1498. Louis XII. king. 1508. The League of Cambray against Venice. 1511. The pope (Julius II.) forms the Holy League against France. 1513. France invaded by the English. Battle of Spurs; the French defeated. 1515. Francis I. king. 1520. Interview of the Field of the Cloth of Gold between Francis and Henry VIII. of England. 1521. War with Spain. 1525. Battle of Pavia. Francis defeated and taken prisoner by the Emperor Charles V. 1529. Peace with Spain. 1530. Persecutions of the Protestants commenced. 1531. Royal printing press established. *544. War with England and Spain. Henry VIII., of England, invades France. 1547. Henry II. king. 1620. Navarre annexed to France. 1624. Richelieu's reforms. Begins with the finances. 1628. Rochelle surrenders, after a memorable siege. 1634. The French Academy established by Richelieu. 1642. Death of Richelieu. 1643. Louis XIV. (four years of age) king. Anne of Austria regent. 1643- · 646. Mazarin, prime minister. Great 1552. Metz successfully defended by the Duke 1661. Colbert minister of finance. of Guise. 1671. War with Holland. 1558. The Duke of Guise takes Calais from the 1685. Revocation of the Edict of Nantes English. 1559. Francis II. king. 1560. Charles IX. king. 162. Religious wars. Massacre of the Protes tants at Vassy by the Duke of Guise. Guise defeats the Huguenots at Dreux. 1563 Duke of Guise killed at the siege of Orleans, Temporary peace with the Huguenots. Terrible persecutions of the French 1686. Louis marries Madame de Maintenon. 1701. War of the Spanish Succession. 1706. Defeat of the French at Ramillies. 1567. Religious wars resumed. Huguenots 1713. Peace of Utrecht. defeated at St. Denis. $569. Huguenots defeated at Jarnac and Mon 1715. Louis XV. king. The Duke of Orleans regent. 1716. Great era of speculation. George Laws. 1743. French defeated at Dettingen. 1756. Commencement of the Seven Years War. |