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| 1254 | Capture |  |
| Paris Fails to conquer North Aquitaine but gains Sicily |
| 1573 | Edict Boulogne | |
| 8th July Boulogne The Edict of Boulogne ends the 4th War of Religion favorably for the Huguenots |
| 1573 | War of Religion, 4th | |
| Boulogne The Edict of Boulogne ends the 4th War of Religion |
| 1574 | League Catholic | |
| Paris Fights both the Huguenots & the Catholic League |
| 1574 | Order | |
| Paris Henry III founds the Order of the Holy Spirit |
| 1574 | Succession | |
| Paris Succeeds as King of France |
| 1576 | Holy League | |
| Bergerac Under the Peace of Bergerac Henry III & the Holy League grant the Huguenots peace terms |
| 1576 | Peace | |
| Chastenoy The Peace of Chastenoy ends the 5th War of Religion |
| Bergerac Under the Peace of Bergerac Henry III & the Holy League grant the Huguenots peace terms |
| 1576 | Protestantism | |
| Henry III bans Protestantism to appease his Catholic ally Philip II |
| 1580 | Treaty of Fleix | |
| Fleix The treaty of Fleix ends the 7th War of Religion |
| 1584 | Death | |
| 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 |
| 1584 | War of the Three Henrys | |
| Last of a series of civil wars in France known as the Huguenot Wars or French Wars of Religion, the War of the Three Henrys is the 8th and final war |
| 1587 | Alliance | |
| Paris After Guise's assassination Henry allies himself with the Duke of Navarre |
| 1587 | Assassination | |
| Paris Henry has Guise murdered at Blois |
| 1587 | Battle of Coutras | |
| Coutras Navarre leads the Huguenots to victory over Henry III at the battle of Coutras |
| 1587 | League Catholic | |
| Paris Henry is forced to join the Catholic League by the Paris mob |
| 1587 | Succession | |
| Paris Henry makes the Duke of Navarre his successor |
| 1588 | Alliance | |
| Paris Forced into an alliance with a Huguenot cousin, Henry of Navarre |
| 1588 | Exile | |
| Paris Expelled by the Duke of Guise, head of the Catholic League |
| 1588 | Siege of Paris | |
| 12th May Paris Day of the Barricades in Paris , Duke Henry of Guise seizes the city, forcing King Henry III to flee |
| 1589 | Assassination | |
| Henry III is assassinated by a fanatic monk named Jacques Cl‚ment, but lived long enough to name Henry of Navarre as heir to the throne |
| 1st Aug Paris Assassinated by a Dominican monk, Henry is the last of the Valois line |
| 23rd Dec Paris Henry III of France strikes his ultra-Catholic enemies, having the Duke of Guise and his brother, Cardinal Louis of Guise, killed, and holding the Cardinal de Bourbon a prisoner |
| 23rd Dec Blois Henry of Guise is lured into a trap and assassinated, on the orders of Henry III |
| 1589 | Death | |
| Blois Henry has Guise murdered at Blois |
| 1st Aug Paris Death of Henry III, assassinated |
| 1589 | Rebellion | |
| Paris Paris rises against Henry III in favour of the Guises, Henry III leaves Paris |
| Dec Paris The Guises propose a settlement with a cipher as heir and demand a meeting of the States General, which takes place at Blois |
| 1589 | Siege of Paris | |
| July Paris King Henry III of France capitulates to the Duke of Guise and returns to Paris |
| 1st Aug Paris After Henry's assassination Paris suffers a 4 year siege |
| 1589 | States General | |
| Dec Blois The Guises propose a settlement with a cipher as heir and demand a meeting of the States General, which takes place at Blois |
