26 events with tag "Paris"
258
ID: 4150
St. Denis (Dionysius) of Paris martyred - first bishop of Paris, beheaded at Montmartre, carried head 6 miles while preaching
ID: 4150
435
ID: 4175
St. Marcellus drives dragon from Paris - bishop uses his staff to lead serpent from tomb to Seine River (Gregory of Tours)
ID: 4175
435
ID: 5247
Genevieve moves to Paris after parents' death - begins having visions, faces skepticism until St. Germanus confirms her sanctity
ID: 5247
451
ID: 5250
Genevieve saves Paris from Attila - convinces Parisians not to flee, organizes prayer and fasting, Attila mysteriously bypasses Paris
ID: 5250
508
ID: 2826
Clovis makes Paris his capital - moves from Tournai to Paris, builds church of Saints-Apostles (later Sainte-Geneviève)
ID: 2826
512
ID: 5257
January 3, 512
Death of St. Genevieve at 89 - dies after 80 years serving Paris, buried in Saints-Apostles church, immediate veneration
ID: 5257
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
845
ID: 2936
Vikings sack Paris - Ragnar Lothbrok's fleet of 120 ships, Charles the Bald pays 7,000 pounds silver ransom
ID: 2936
885
ID: 2946
Great Siege of Paris begins - Count Odo defends against 40,000 Vikings with 700 ships, becomes hero
ID: 2946
886
ID: 5262
Paris survives Viking siege - citizens invoke St. Genevieve's protection, Odo of Paris leads successful defense
ID: 5262
888
ID: 2950
Odo elected King of West Francia - hero of Paris siege, first non-Carolingian king, Robertian dynasty begins
ID: 2950
1190
ID: 5202
Philip Augustus builds walls around Paris - massive fortifications including Louvre fortress, Paris becomes true capital
ID: 5202
1200
ID: 5240
Philip Augustus charters University of Paris - grants privileges to students and masters, creates greatest medieval university
ID: 5240
1269
ID: 3600
St. Thomas at Paris, battling both Latin Averroists and Augustinians - 'Truth cannot contradict truth. The same God who reveals mysteries and infuses faith has bestowed the light of reason'
ID: 3600
1623
ID: 3475
Rosicrucian scare in Paris - Posters announce invisible brethren in city - Panic ensues - Descartes publicly shows himself to prove he's not invisible
ID: 3475
1742
ID: 516
Rousseau arrives in Paris with musical notation system, enters salons through Diderot and d'Alembert
ID: 516
1744
ID: 5259
Louis XV vows new church to St. Genevieve - promises church if cured of illness, becomes the Pantheon
ID: 5259
1767
ID: 571
Franklin's first Paris visit as colonial agent - cultivates 'Philosopher from the Woods' image
ID: 571
1778
ID: 598
Franklin's fur cap becomes Paris fashion sensation - 'coiffure à la Franklin' - cultivates frontier image
ID: 598
1778
ID: 599
Franklin joins Lodge of Nine Sisters Paris - most prestigious Enlightenment lodge with Voltaire, Condorcet, Danton
ID: 599
1789
ID: 632
July 14, 1789
Storming of the Bastille - symbolic start of French Revolution
ID: 632
1830
ID: 785
July 18, 1830
Our Lady appears to St. Catherine Laboure at Rue du Bac - speaks 2 hours about mission
ID: 785
1832
ID: 796
Paris cholera epidemic kills 120,000 people, 7,000 in Paris alone
ID: 796
1900
ID: 1146
David Hilbert presents 23 unsolved mathematical problems at Paris - We must know, we will know
ID: 1146
2017
ID: 3301
September 6, 2017
Kate Millett dies in Paris of massive heart attack, week before 83rd birthday
ID: 3301