Location:
France
Coordinates:
48.8566, 2.3522
Events at Paris (22)
503
ID: 2823
Salic Law codified - Clovis issues written law code for Franks, includes famous inheritance clause excluding women
ID: 2823
508
ID: 2826
Clovis makes Paris his capital - moves from Tournai to Paris, builds church of Saints-Apostles (later Sainte-Geneviève)
ID: 2826
511
ID: 2830
November 27, 511
Death of Clovis - dies at 45, kingdom divided among four sons: Theuderic (Reims), Chlodomer (Orleans), Childebert (Paris), Chlothar (Soissons)
ID: 2830
561
ID: 2837
Death of Chlothar I - kingdom divided among four sons: Charibert (Paris), Guntram (Burgundy), Sigebert (Austrasia), Chilperic (Neustria)
ID: 2837
567
ID: 2840
Death of Charibert I - dies of plague, Paris divided among three brothers, no direct heir
ID: 2840
614
ID: 2853
Edict of Paris - Chlothar II grants concessions to nobles and Church, mayors of palace gain power, royal authority weakens
ID: 2853
750
ID: 5837
Silver shortage across Europe - Roman mines exhausted, coins increasingly debased, barter economy expands
ID: 5837
845
ID: 2936
Vikings sack Paris - Ragnar Lothbrok's fleet of 120 ships, Charles the Bald pays 7,000 pounds silver ransom
ID: 2936
856
ID: 2938
Vikings establish permanent bases - settle on Loire islands, raids become constant threat
ID: 2938
859
ID: 3702
Bjorn Ironside's Mediterranean expedition begins - four-year voyage raiding Spain, North Africa, and Italy
ID: 3702
885
ID: 2946
Great Siege of Paris begins - Count Odo defends against 40,000 Vikings with 700 ships, becomes hero
ID: 2946
886
ID: 2947
Charles the Fat pays off Vikings - instead of fighting, pays huge ransom and grants them Burgundy to pillage
ID: 2947
888
ID: 2950
Odo elected King of West Francia - hero of Paris siege, first non-Carolingian king, Robertian dynasty begins
ID: 2950
898
ID: 2952
Charles the Simple becomes king - Carolingian restoration after Odo's death, but Robertians remain powerful
ID: 2952
922
ID: 2957
Charles the Simple deposed - Robert I (Odo's brother) rebels, becomes king, Carolingian authority collapses
ID: 2957
987
ID: 2961
July 987
Hugh Capet elected King of France - Count of Paris founds Capetian dynasty, Carolingians extinct in France, new dynasty will rule until 1792
ID: 2961
1115
ID: 180
Peter Abelard begins teaching Heloise - their tragic love affair will shake Paris, she becomes greatest woman scholar
ID: 180
1147
ID: 189
Second Crusade launched by St. Bernard's preaching - will end in complete disaster
ID: 189
1152
ID: 191
Eleanor of Aquitaine divorces Louis VII of France, marries Henry II of England - shifts balance of power
ID: 191
1180
ID: 208
Chrétien de Troyes writes Arthurian romances - creates Lancelot, Holy Grail quest tradition
ID: 208
1180
ID: 210
Philip Augustus becomes King of France at 15 - will triple royal domain, create modern French state
ID: 210
1183
ID: 2379
June 11, 1183
Death of Young King Henry - Henry II's eldest son dies in rebellion, Richard becomes heir
ID: 2379