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Barthou, Louis
Blum, Leon
Bonnet, Georges
Briand, Aristide
Brinon, Jean
Charles VI
Chautemps, Camille
Chirac, Jacques
Classe, Theophile de
Clement V
Croissy, Colbert de
Daladier, Edouard
Darlan, Jean Francois
Decazes, Louis
Delbos, Yves
Delcass‚, Theophile
Dubois, Guillaume
Fabius, Laurent
Francis I
Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de
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Napoleon I
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Paul-Boncour, Joseph
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Philip II
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Philip VI
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Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de
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1220
Philip II
Paris Honorius declares a prolongation of the peace between England & France by 4 yrs
1274
Philip III the Bold
Paris Meets Edward I who decides to settle with Philip & regulate affairs in Aquitaine
1294
Philip IV
Gascony After Philip IV's capture of Gascony Edward I decides upon war with France
Paris Philip IV summons Edward I to Paris as his vassal, Edward sends Edmund of Lancaster
Paris Philip pronounces a sentence of forfeiture on Edward I & takes possession of Gascony
1299
Philip IV
Montreuil Edward I & Philip IV reach an agreement at Montreuil-sur-Mer
1309
Clement V
Avignon Moves the papal Curia from Rome to Avignon to please Philip IV
1336
Philip VI
Avignon Benedict calls off the Crusades because of the war between England & France
1398
Charles VI
Rheims Meets Wenceslas , they agree to withdraw support from their two Popes
Paris Withdraws support from Benedict XIII but the Emperor supports the Pope
1513
Louis XII
Paris Sends an envoy to James IV for an alliance against England
13th Aug Paris Sends an ultimatum to Henry VIII at Therouanne in Flanders but is ignored
1518
Francis I
A peace treaty with Charles of Spain recognizes Navarre as part of Spain
1520
Francis I
Paris Returns the Duke of Albany to Scotland to harass the English border
1st June Paris Receives Cardinal Wolsey who informs him of Henry VIII's arrival in Calais
7th June Paris Entertains Henry VII at Field of Cloth of Gold near Guines
24th June Paris Bids Henry VIII farewell at the Field of Cloth of Gold
July Calais Meets Henty VIII after the Field of Cloth of Gold on the border of Gravelines & Calais
1525
Brinon, Jean
22nd Jan London Joins the peace negotiations between England & France
26th July London Brinon returns to London to resume peace talks
26th July Paris Charles V refuses to restore Henry VIII to the French throne
26th July Paris Henry VIII breaks off talks after the battle of Pavia
1526
Francis I
Paris Forms an alliance with Suleiman the Magnificent against Emperor Charles V
1528
Francis I
Paris Signs a peace Treaty with the Turks
Paris Signs a trade treaty with the Turks
1609
Henry IV
Paris Helps achieve the Twelve Year Truce between Spain & the Netherlands
1641
Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis de
Paris The Marquise de Cinq-Mars makes a secret Treaty with Spain
1647
Montreuil, Jean de
2nd April Newark Sent by Charles I to Newark to help prepare the Scots for his reception
1655
Louis XIV the Sun King
Paris Agrees to a commercial Treaty with England
Paris A secret clause includes expulsion of Charles II from France
Paris A secret clause includes expulsion of the Condeans from England
1657
Louis XIV the Sun King
Flanders England will provide a fleet & 6,000 men & France 20,000 for war against Spain
Paris It is agreed France will capture Gravelines & England will capture Dunkirk & Mardyck
1668
Croissy, Colbert de
London Attempts to break up the Triple Alliance between England, Holland & Sweden
1675
Louis XIV the Sun King
Paris Secret alliance between Charles II of England & Louis XIV is renewed
1715
Philippe II of Orleans
Paris Refuses to conclude a treaty with Britain, Britain assumes he has Jacobite sympathies
Dec Paris France & Spain agree a commercial treaty
1716
Dubois, Guillaume
Agrees with the English Ambassador that Spain should renounce Habsburg parts of Italy
1716
Philippe II of Orleans
24th July Madrid Noailles is sent by Orleans to discover Philip V's ambitions for the French throne
1717
Dubois, Guillaume
Aug Afther Spain invades Sardinia Dubois visits Britain to reinforce the Triple Alliance
1717
Philippe II of Orleans
In making the Triple Alliance France abandons Sweden & protects George I
May Paris Tsar Peter I concludes a Franco-Russian treaty after France joins the Triple Alliance
1785
Louis XVI
10th Nov Paris An alliance is agreed between France & Holland
1792
Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de
Sent twice to Britain to avoid war
1795
SieyŠs, Emmanuel Joseph
Goes on a diplomatic mission to the Hague & helps draw up a treaty between the French & Batavian republics
1798
SieyŠs, Emmanuel Joseph
Plenipotentiary to the court of Berlin in order to try to induce Prussia to make common cause against the 2nd Coalition
1811
Napoleon I
29th Oct Napoleon states the terms of a proposed alliance with Prussia
1855
Napoleon III
16th April Dover Arrives in Dover to begin a state visit of Britain
1859
Napoleon III
Allies with Italian States in gaining unity
1860
Napoleon III
Piedmont annexes central Italy, France gains Savoy & Nice
1875
Decazes, Louis
8th April Louis Decazes seeks support from Russia & Britain against Bismarck, war is averted
1898
Classe, Theophile de
Tightens control over Nth African colonies against Germany
1898
Delcass‚, Theophile
27th Oct Fashoda Brings Britain & France to the verge of war but ends in a diplomatic victory for Britain
27th Oct Fashoda During the Fashoda Incident Delcass‚ wants Britain's friendship in a future conflict with Germany & sees no advantage in a colonial war
3rd Nov Fashoda The French government orders it's forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident
1899
Delcass‚, Theophile
Mar Fashoda The French & British agree that the source of the Nile and the Congo rivers should mark the frontier between their spheres of influence
1913
Poincare, Raymond
24th June London Visits Great Britain
1913
Poncare, Raymond Nicholas Landry
Paris Visits Lloyd George
1923
Barthou, Louis
Paris Litvinov visits Barthou in Geneva & discusses a Soviet-French pact
1929
Briand, Aristide
Aristide Briand of France proposes a plan for the United States of Europe
Germany refuses to guarantee it's eastern frontiers & France seeks to give Poland and Czechoslovakia the security they required by signing treaties with them
Stressman promises not to send German troops into the Rhineland and accepts that Alsace-Lorraine is permantely part of France
1933
Paul-Boncour, Joseph
Saarland Informs Germany the Saar sovereignty should be setlled by the treaty of Versailles
1935
Laval, Pierre
3rd Feb London A memo is issued to negotiate with Germany over arms & League of Nations membership
3rd Feb London Flandin & Laval visit London
7th Mar Paris Re-establishment of the French-Belgian military pact
20th Mar Paris France complains to the League of Nations about Germany's conscription & the Luftwaffe
2nd May French-Soviet pact, effective for five years, for mutual help in the case of an attack by an European nation
16th May Soviet-Czechoslovakian pact, valid only if France supports both parties
1936
Blum, Leon
2nd Aug France announces a policy of non-intervention
1937
Chautemps, Camille
Nov Paris Chamberlain assures Chautemps & Delbos Britain will not make an Anglo-German agreement
1937
Delbos, Yves
Nov Paris Chamberlain assures Chautemps & Delbos Britain will not make an Anglo-German agreement
1938
Blum, Leon
13th Mar Paris Italy declares the 1935 pact with France invalid, because ratification's had not been exchanged
1938
Bonnet, Georges
6th Dec Paris Visited by Ribbentrop in Paris , signs a German-French agreement
1939
Daladier, Edouard
18th April The Soviet Union offers a Soviet-British-French alliance which would guarantee the integrity of Poland, the consulations are unproductive
6th Oct Paris In a French TV broadcast Daladier dismisses Hitler's offer of peace
19th Oct A pact of mutual assistance is signed between Turkey, France & Britain
1940
Petain, Henri Philippe
5th July Vichy Vichy breaks off dilomatic relations with Britain in response to Operation Catapult
1940
Reynaud, Paul
13th June Paris Churchill promises that after the Allies win the war France will be fully restored
13th June Requests Roosevelt to enter the war to save France
14th June Receives a telegram from Roosevelt saying the USAwill not enter the war
1942
Darlan, Jean Francois
Recognized as head of French nth Africa by Eisenhower to gain French co-operation
11th Nov Vichy France fully supports the Allies after the German occupation of Vichy France
1944
Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de
Oct Paris Disagrees with Churchill about de Gaulle's policy for avoiding creating a western bloc
26th Oct Paris At a press conference criticizes the Allies for failing to supply France with arms
Dec Paris France & Russia agree to a Franco-Soviet Pact
Dec River Rhine Supports Russia's border at the Oder-Niesse for the left bank of the Rhine
Dec Moscow Visits Moscow to raise arms for the French Army
1946
Blum, Leon
Paris The Republic has $2.7 billion of war debts written off
Paris The Republic has a guarantee of $1.3 billion from the US
1946
Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de
Paris After the accord with the Vietminh French troops return Nth to replace the Chinese
1949
Schuman, Robert
Paris Requests military aid from the USA to defend Asia against Communism
1956
Mollet, Guy Alcide
22nd Oct Sevres Meets Ben-Gurion to discuss the invasion of Egypt in order to overthrow Nasser
1958
Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de
Paris The Peoples Republic of the Congo becomes a member of the French Community
1960
Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de
Paris Visited by Khruschev but de Gaulle does not change his pro-German policy over Berlin
1961
Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de
Paris President Kennedy visits de Gaulle
1962
Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de
Paris Tours Germany to support Franco-German nationalism
14th Jan Paris Makes a speech excluding Great Britain from the Common Market
1963
Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de
Baden Baden Provides for regular summits & cooperation in foreign, economic & cultural affairs
Rejects USAoffer of Polaris missiles & a 3 country nuclear pact with USA & Britain
1967
Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de
Paris De Gaulle Vetoes British membership of the EC
25th July Quebec Visits Quebec & announces "Vive le Quebec", celebrating her centennial as a Dominion
1969
Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de
6th Jan Paris France bans the sale of military supplies to Israel
Feb Paris Meets Nixon to agree a friendly policy toward China
22nd April Paris Meets Mana'ch & says Washington will open talks with China & support its UN membership
1984
Fabius, Laurent
1st Jan France gets its 1st delivery of Soviet natural gas
1987
Chirac, Jacques
17th July Iran and France breaks diplomatic relations
1989
Mitterand, Francois
Dec Kiev Mitterand visits Gorbachev in Kiev to to try & delay the fall of the Berlin Wall
Dec Paris Mitterand visits Hans Modrow in East Berlin to try & delay the fall of the Berlin Wall
1994
Mitterand, Francois
6th May President Mitterand & Elizabeth II open the Channel Tunnel
1995
Chirac, Jacques
Baden Baden Kohl & Chirac meet to confirm their committment to a single currency in the EU

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