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| 0794 | Charlamagne I the Great |  |
| Frankfurt Bishoprics & abbeys are regarded as feudal benefices & subject to the law of treason |
| Frankfurt Forbids Bishops to engage in battle |
| 0987 | Adelbero | |
| Declares the succession of the Frankish Crown to be elective rather than hereditary |
| 1317 | Philip V the Tall | |
| Paris Passes the Salic law excluding women from the throne |
| 1338 | Philip VI | |
| Paris The Pope allows Philip to levy contributions from the French Clergy for 2 yrs |
| 1341 | Philip VI | |
| Philip VI is forced to increase the salt tax & increase the tax burden |
| 1662 | Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| Paris The land tax, the heaviest tax on the peasantry, reduced by 10% by cutting his troops |
| 1667 | Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| Paris Enacts the reforms of the Civil Code |
| 1670 | Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| Paris Enacts the reforms of the Criminal Code |
| 1672 | Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| Paris Enacts the reforms of the Maritime Code |
| 1673 | Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| Paris Enacts the reforms of the Commercial Code |
| 1685 | Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| Paris Enacts the reforms of the Code Noir for slaves in the colonies |
| 1717 | Argenson | |
| April Paris A Council decree proclaims bank-notes will not be subject to devaluation |
| 1720 | Argenson | |
| Mar Paris Interest rates are reduced from 4% to 2% |
| 1783 | Brienne, Lomenie de | |
| Paris Reforms taxes rather than summon the Estates General & resistance from Parlements |
| 1786 | Calonne, Charles Alexandre de | |
| 20th Aug Paris Presents reform proposals to Louis XVI |
| 1788 | SieyŠs, Emmanuel Joseph | |
| Paris Publication of "Qu'est-ce que le tiers ‚tat?", "What is the Third Estate?", demands the 3rd Estate in government |
| 1789 | Louis XVI | |
| 5th May Versailles The Third Estate demands voting by head instead of by Estate |
| 1789 | Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de | |
| 10th Oct Autun Proposes to issue assignats to be payed for by the confiscation of Church property |
| 1790 | Mirabeau | |
| 12th July Paris Under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy the Church becomes a State Church |
| 1790 | Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de | |
| 10th Oct Autun Assignats become legal tender |
| 1792 | Brissot, Jean-Paul | |
| Paris The Kings Guard is dissolved & replaced by 20,000 volunteer National Guards |
| 27th May Paris Gets the Assembly to pass a law exiling refractory priest |
| 1792 | Cambon, Pierre-Joseph | |
| Paris Secures a decree taking property of the Church & nobility in conquered territories |
| 1793 | Carnot, Lazare Nicholas Marguerite | |
| Paris Creates 14 armies from untrained recruits |
| Paris Raises the Levee En Masse conscripting the entire male population of France, August |
| 1793 | Danton, Georges Jacques | |
| Paris Carried out by the French Committee of Public Safety |
| Paris Raises the 1st ever compulsory national conscription |
| 1793 | Napoleon I | |
| 23rd Aug Paris A levee en masse is raised aiming to enlist 16,000 men |
| 1793 | Robespierre, Maximilien Francois Marie | |
| 23rd Aug Paris The Decree for the Levee en Masse is made |
| 1794 | Robespierre, Maximilien Francois Marie | |
| 28th Mar Paris The Paris commune is reorganized, Hebertists are replaced by supporters of Robespierre |
| 10th June Paris A law is passed establishing the Great Terror |
| 10th June Paris Allows juries to convict without hearing evidence |
| 10th June Paris In revolutionary tribunals Defense lawyers are banned |
| 10th June Paris In revolutionary tribunals juries have to decide between acquital or death |
| 1801 | Napoleon I | |
| 5th Jan Paris The Council of State supports Napoleon's mass deportations against the "Jacobins" |
| 1848 | Carnot, Hippolyte | |
| Paris Calls on village school teachers to spread the republican faith |
| 1913 | Poincare, Raymond | |
| 7th Aug Paris The Army Bill imposes 3 years military service |
| 1945 | Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de | |
| Paris Women are given the vote |
| 1954 | Laniel, Joseph | |
| 10th April France becomes the 1st country to introduce VAT |
| 1995 | Chirac, Jacques | |
| Baden Baden Kohl & Chirac meet to confirm their committment to a single currency in the EU |
| 1997 | Jospin, Lionel | |
| 10th Oct Paris Pledges to reduce the maximum length of the working week from 39 to 35 hrs by 2000 |
