| 1534 | | 20 Apr:
Jacques Cartier sets sail from France on his first exploration of the New World.PC LoC |
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| 1562 | | 1 Mar:
A massacre of Huguenots at Vassy, France begins the French Wars of Religion which lasts until 1598.GoogleBooks W&W |
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| 1572 | | 24 Aug:
King Charles IX of France orders the assassination of Huguenot Protestant leaders in Paris that results in the massacre of tens of thousands of Huguenots all across France.MP CT |
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| 1618 | | 23 May:
The Thirty Years War, a series of wars fought by European nations for various reasons, is initiated when the Holy Roman Emperor attempts to force Catholicism on most of Europe, and ends with the Peace of Westphalia.OSU CT |
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| 1689 | | 17 May:
King William's War; England declares war on France which lasts until the signing of the Treaty of Ryswick.HoMA MB |
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| 1697 | | 20 Sep:
The Treaty of Ryswick settles the Nine Years War and ends hostilities in America, although that wouldn't happen for another two months.Jacobite theMet |
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The Treaty of Utrecht is signed ending the War of the Spanish Succession, also known as Queen Anne's War in North America.CHNC CBC |
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| 1758 | | 27 Jul:
British and colonial forces defeat French and Canadian forces at the Battle of Louisbourg in Nova Scotia.BB CTHist |
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| 1789 | | 14 Jul:
Bastille Day! The Bastille prison is stormed - the start of the French Revolution.B B C TIME |
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| 1793 | | 21 Jan:
Louis XVI, the last King of France, is executed by guillotine.LEF LoC |
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Marie-Antoinette is beheaded.CdV SIMag |
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| 1794 | | 4 Feb:
France abolishes slavery in all of its colonies.GMU LoC |
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| 1831 | | 10 Mar:
The French Foreign Legion is created.FFL FFL2 |
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| 1854 | | 28 Mar:
Britain and France declare war on Russia beginning their involvement in the Crimean War.SLSA HK |
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| 1884 | | 13 Oct:
The Greenwich meridian is officially adopted globally as the prime meridian, the imaginary north-south line where the longitude is 0 degrees.W I R E D MAA |
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Mata Hari is executed for spying. PBS |
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The United Nations is established.UN USState |
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| 1949 | | 4 Apr:
NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is founded.USNA Avalon |
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