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| 0394 | Arbogast |  |
| Death of Arbogast, commits suicide after the defeat of Eugenius |
| 0741 | Charles Martel | |
| Death of Charles Martel |
| 0768 | Pepin III the Short | |
| Paris After the death of Pepin his sons Charlemagne & Carloman divide the kingdom |
| 0814 | Charlamagne I the Great | |
| 28th Jan Aachen Death of Charlamagne I the Great |
| 0870 | Charles II the Bald | |
| Charles the Bald & Louis the German divide Louis II's kingdom |
| Lothar's only surviving son Emperor Louis II controls Frankish Italy |
| 0877 | Charles II the Bald | |
| 6th Oct Death of Charles II |
| 0882 | Charles III the Fat | |
| Death of Louis the Young leaves Charles III the Fat sole King of the East Franks |
| 0888 | Charles III the Fat | |
| Jan Death of Charles III the Fat |
| 0898 | Charles III the Simple | |
| 1st Jan Paris After Odo's death the Carolingian Charles is fully recognised as King of France |
| 0898 | Eudes | |
| 1st Jan Death of Eudes |
| 0987 | Louis V | |
| Death of Lous V, no legitimate heirs, the Carolingian dynasty ends and the Capetian begins |
| 1050 | Herleva | |
| Death of Herleva |
| 1054 | Geoffrey II Martel | |
| 14th Nov Death of Geoffrey II Martel |
| 1060 | Henry I | |
| Dreux Death of Henry I |
| 1085 | Guiscard, Robert | |
| 15th July Kephalonia Death of Robert Guiscard |
| 1108 | Gundulf | |
| Death of Gundulf |
| 1134 | Robert III Curthose | |
| 10th Feb Cardiff Death of Robert III Curthose, in captivity in Cardiff |
| 1151 | Geoffrey V | |
| Decides that Henry should keep Anjou until he had secured the English throne |
| 1180 | Louis VII | |
| 18th Sep Death of Louis VII, age 59 |
| 1203 | Arthur of Brittany | |
| 3rd April Rouen Death of Arthur of Brittany, assassinated |
| 1223 | Philip II | |
| 14th July Death of Philip II, dying words are "now there is only one King in France" |
| 1226 | Louis VIII | |
| 8th Nov Montpensier Death of Louis VIII during a crusade against the Albigensian heretics |
| 1270 | Boniface | |
| St Helena Death of Boniface, at St Helena in Savoy while on a Crusade with the future Edward I |
| 1270 | Louis IX | |
| Tunis Death of Louis IX, leads the 8th Crusade but dies outside Tunis |
| 1285 | Philip III the Bold | |
| Aragon Death of Philip III the Bold |
| Aragon Philip loses his Army & his life in Aragon fighting a Papalist Crusade |
| 1303 | Philip IV | |
| Agnani Death of Boniface VIII, dies during his arrest by the French |
| 1314 | Clement V | |
| 20th April Death of Clement V |
| 1314 | Louis X | |
| 29th Nov Death of Phillip IV, Louis X's father |
| 1314 | Molay, Jacques de | |
| 19th Mar Death of Jacques de Molay, executed |
| 1314 | Philip IV | |
| 29th Nov Death of Philip IV |
| 1315 | Bourgogne, Marguerite de | |
| Death of Marguerite de Bourgogne, assassinated |
| 1316 | Jean I | |
| Death of Jean I |
| 1316 | Louis X | |
| 5th June Death of Louis X |
| 1328 | Charles IV the Fair | |
| 1st Feb Death of Charles IV the Fair, without a male heir |
| 1364 | John II | |
| Death of John II |
| 1380 | Guesclin, Bertrand du | |
| Death of Bertrand du Guesclin |
| 1404 | Charles VI | |
| The feud with the Duke of Burgundy, coming close to civil war, comes to an end |
| 1407 | Charles VI | |
| 23rd Nov Paris Burgundy is pardoned because Orleans had been involved in a plot to overthrow the King |
| 23rd Nov Paris Death of Orleans , assasinated |
| 1407 | John the Fearless | |
| Orders the assassination of Duke Louis of Orleans |
| The assassination begins a civil war between the Orleanists & the Burgundians |
| 1407 | Louis | |
| Paris Death of Louis of Orleans |
| 1419 | John the Fearless | |
| 10th Sep Death of John the Fearless, assassinated |
| 1422 | Charles VI | |
| 31st July Death of Henry V and Charles VI, produces a disputed kingship between the infant Henry VI and the Dauphin Charles , Duke John of Bedford becomes Regent of France on behalf of Henry VI |
| 22nd Oct Death of Charles VI |
| 1422 | Henry VI | |
| 31st Aug Paris Death of Henry V |
| 21st Oct Henry VI is declared King of France & John, Duke of Bedford, his Regent |
| 1431 | Joan of Arc | |
| 30th May Death of Joan of Arc |
| 1461 | Charles VII | |
| 22nd July Death of Charles VII |
| 1477 | Charles the Bold | |
| 5th Jan Nancy Death of Charles the Bold, during the battle of Nancy |
| 5th Jan Nancy Death of Charles the Bold, during the battle of Nancy, end of the House of Burgundy |
| 1483 | Louis XI | |
| Death of Louis XI |
| 1498 | Charles VIII | |
| 8th April Amboise Death of Charles VIII, he throne passes to a cousin, the duc d'Orl‚ans, who reigns as King Louis XII |
| 8th April Amboise Death of Charles VIII, the last of the elder branch of the House of Valois |
| 1503 | Anne of France | |
| The couple's only daughter Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon, succeeds Peter II,. Anne had always been the more dominant member in her marriage and remained the administrator of the Bourbon lands after his death |
| 1505 | Joan of Valois | |
| 4th Feb Death of Joan of Valois |
| 1515 | Louis XII | |
| 1st Jan Paris Death of Louis XII, succeeded by his cousin & son-in-law Francis , Count of Angouleme |
| 1525 | Palice, Jacques de la | |
| 24th Feb Death of Jacques de la Palice, killed at the battle of Pavia |
| 1546 | Dolet, Etienne | |
| 3rd Aug Paris Death of Etienne Dolet, executed |
| 1547 | Francis I | |
| 3rd Mar Death of Francis I |
| 1547 | Henry II | |
| 3rd Mar Death of Francis I |
| 1559 | Henry II | |
| Death of Henry II, mortally wounded in a tournament |
| 1563 | Guise, Francis de | |
| Orleans Death of Francis de Guise, assassinated while attempting to crush the Huguenots |
| 24th Feb Orleans Death of Francis de Guise, assassinated while attempting to crush the Huguenots |
| 1584 | Henry III | |
| 8th July Death Fran‡ois, Duke of Anjou and Alen‡on, heir to the throne, Henry III has no children, according to the Salic law the succession will pass on to Henry King of Navarre a Protestant |
| 1588 | Henry of Guise | |
| Death of Henri Guise, assassinated |
| 23rd Dec Paris Death of Henry of Guise, assassinated |
| 1589 | Catherine de Medicis | |
| 5th Jan Death of Catherine de Medici, wife of Henry II |
| 1589 | Henry III | |
| Blois Henry has Guise murdered at Blois |
| 1st Aug Paris Death of Henry III, assassinated |
| 1627 | Montmorency Bouteville, Francois de | |
| 22nd June Death of Francois de Montmorency Bouteville, executed |
| 1642 | Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis de | |
| 16th Sep Paris Louis has Cinq Mars executed, 2 months before Richeliu's death |
| 4th Dec Paris Death of Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu |
| 1643 | Louis XIII | |
| 14th May Paris Dies after a 33 year dominated by his mother Marie de'Medici & Cardinal Richelieu |
| 1650 | Descartes, Rene | |
| 1st Feb Death of Renes Descartes |
| 1661 | Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| 9th Mar Paris On the death of Mazarin assumes complete control |
| 1661 | Mazarin, Jules | |
| 9th Mar Vincennes Death of Jules Mazarin, in the castle of Vincennes |
| 1665 | Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| Philip IV of Spain dies, Maria-Teresa renounces the Spanish throne on marrying Louis |
| 1666 | Anne of Austria | |
| 20th Jan Paris Death of Anne of Austria, dies of breast cancer |
| 1715 | Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| 1st Sep Paris Dies age 76 at St Germain-en-Laye after reigning for 72 years |
| 1745 | Broglie, Fran‡ois-Marie de | |
| 22nd May Death of Fran‡ois-Marie de Broglie |
| 1774 | Louis XV | |
| 10th May Paris The Parlement of Paris is abolished |
| 1785 | Bonaparte, Charles | |
| 24th Feb Death of Charles Bonaparte, father of Napoleon I |
| 1789 | Bertier, Louis Jean | |
| 22nd July Paris The Governor of Paris is bayonetted to death by the mob |
| 1789 | Doue, Foulon de | |
| Paris Assassinated for hoarding food |
| 1789 | Flesselles, Jacques de | |
| Paris Assassinated for witholding arms from the "citizens militia" |
| Paris Death of Jacques de Flesselles , assassinated |
| 1789 | Sauvigny, Bertier de | |
| Paris Death of Bertier de Sauvigny, assassinated |
| 1793 | Carnot, Lazare Nicholas Marguerite | |
| Jan Paris Votes for the immediate execution of Louis XVI |
| 1793 | Cathelineau, Jacques | |
| 14th July Nantes Death of Jacques Cathelineau, killed at the siege of Naples |
| 1793 | Chalier, Joseph | |
| 16th July Lyons The leader of the Lyons Jacobins is executed |
| 1793 | Custine | |
| 28th Aug Paris Found guilty of treason by a revolutionary tribunal & guillotined |
| 1793 | Hebert, Jacques Rene | |
| 24th April Paris Death of Jacques Rene Herbert, executed |
| 1793 | Houchard, Jean-Nicholas | |
| Paris Guillotined for failing to drive the Austrians out of Eastern France |
| 1793 | Louis XVI | |
| 16th Jan Paris Sentenced to death |
| 18th Jan Paris The appeal against Louis ' death sentence is turned down |
| 21st Jan Paris Sent to the giuillotine in the Place de la Revolution, now the Place de la Concorde |
| 1793 | Marat, Jean Paul | |
| 13th July Paris Death of Jean Paul Marat, founder of "L'ami du Peuple" & deputy for Paris |
| 1793 | Marie-Antoinette | |
| 16th Oct Paris Death of Marie-Antoinette, executed by the guillotine |
| 16th Oct Paris The execution of Marie-Antoinette by the Guillotine |
| 1793 | Paoli, Pascale | |
| 17th July Paris Declared a traitor to the French Republic & guillotined |
| 1794 | Beauharnais, Alexandre de | |
| Metz Death of Alexandre Beauharnais , guillotined for his failure to relieve Metz |
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