Region: Western Europe · Coordinates: 48.853, 2.349 · 47 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 508 | Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks | Clovis establishes his royal throne at Paris. |
| AD 511 | Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks | Clovis dies at Paris and is buried in the Church of the Apostles. |
| AD 533 | Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks | The young sons of Chlodomer are killed in Paris by their uncles. |
| AD 557 | Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks | Chramnus goes to Paris and forms an alliance with Childebert. |
| AD 558 | Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks | Childebert dies at Paris and is buried in the church of Saint Vincent. |
| AD 576 | Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks | Bishop Germanus of Paris dies. |
| AD 583 | Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks | At Paris, the guards of the Urbiensis bridge post are massacred. |
| AD 583 | Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks | Chilperic enters Paris on the eve of Easter, carrying relics. |
| AD 584 | Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks | The queen accuses Mummolus of sorcery and has him executed. |
| AD 584 | Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks | On September 1, Gothic envoys arrive, and the procession for the bride Rigunth is prepared to set out. |
| AD 584 | Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks | Fredegund takes refuge with the treasure in the cathedral of Paris. |
| AD 584 | Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks | Guntram comes to Paris, and Fredegund asks his protection for her son. |
| AD 585 | Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks | A warning to Guntram in Paris of an assassination plot. |
| AD 585 | Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks | Guntram, in Paris, raises the question of who will be sponsor at the baptism of Chilperic's son. |
| AD 586 | Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks | Fire in the city of Paris |
| AD 591 | Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks | Bishop Ragnemod of Paris dies; the Syrian merchant Eusebius obtains the bishopric |
| AD 591 | Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks | Fredegund comes to Paris to Guntram and asks him to baptize her son |
| AD 886 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | The army went up the Seine and wintered at Paris. |
| AD 1334 | Giovanni Villani, Nuova Cronica | John, King of Bohemia, cedes to Philip of France at Paris his rights over Lucca; the French king tells Florentine merchants that Lucca's rule is French and sends an army of about 6,000 to take Lucca |
| AD 1400 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | Michel d'Orris, an Aragonese squire, sends a letter from Paris challenging English knights to a duel in arms |
| AD 1401 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | The Dukes of Orléans and Burgundy each gather armed men around Paris in rivalry; the queen and the Dukes of Berry and Bourbon mediate and the troops are sent back |
| AD 1403 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | After a fight at the University of Paris procession in which the servants of the Lord of Savoisy attacked students, the Savoisy house is demolished and he is banished |
| AD 1405 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | Orléans's troops march from Melun toward Paris; the Parisians side with Burgundy, and at Charenton the two dukes make a pretence of reconciling |
| AD 1406 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | English envoys (the Earl of Pembroke and the Bishop of St David's) demand a truce and a marriage with the king's daughter Isabelle; the French royal council rejects everything |
| AD 1407 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | A band of 18 assassins, instructed by John, Duke of Burgundy, kills Louis, Duke of Orléans near the Porte Barbette in Paris; the duke later openly confesses to being behind it |
| AD 1407 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | At the Hôtel Saint-Pol in Paris, John, Duke of Burgundy, has Jean Petit (a doctor of theology) deliver a speech justifying the killing of the Duke of Orléans, before the king and his ministers |
| AD 1407 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | The minor premise of the Burgundian speech (Jean Petit): that Louis, Duke of Orléans, in thrall to wealth and ambition for honour, tried to harm the king by sorcery and poison. It is an argument to justify the killing |
| AD 1407 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | When the king recovers from illness, the Duke of Burgundy visits him, they reconcile, and he receives letters of pardon for the affair of the Duke of Orléans |
| AD 1407 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | During mass at the royal palace in Paris, a letter from the pope arrives, and the king and all his courtiers learn they have been excommunicated; the king withdraws obedience from the pope |
| AD 1407 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | On the Thursday after the murder, the Duke of Burgundy follows the body, in mourning dress, from the church of the Guillemites to the church of the Célestins |
| AD 1407 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | The Duke of Burgundy kneels before the king and the Duke of Berry and confesses to the murder, saying the devil had urged him on |
| AD 1407 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | After his confession the Duke of Burgundy hurriedly leaves Paris; the text does not say where he went |
| AD 1407 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | The Duke of Orléans addresses the University of Paris, offering to send his son as a hostage in order to resolve the papal schism (three weeks before the murder) |
| AD 1408 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | Jean Courtecuisse, representing the University of Paris, declares opposition to Pope Benedict at a public assembly in the great hall before the king and princes |
| AD 1408 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | When the king grants the University's demand, its rector tears up the papal bull before the assembly; people on the side of those who delivered the bull are arrested and imprisoned |
| AD 1408 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | A general assembly summoning clergy and proxies to the great hall in Paris: a University theologian denounces Pope Benedict as a heretic and schismatic, and the assembly resolves on neutrality |
| AD 1408 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | Two envoys of the pope's side (Aragonese) are put on a refuse cart, stood against a post, and displayed wearing a label "disloyal traitors to the Church and the king" |
| AD 1408 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | The queen and the Dauphin return from Melun to Paris and stay at the Louvre |
| AD 1408 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | The Duke of Orléans (the son) comes to Paris with about 300 horsemen and meets the queen and the Duke of Guyenne at the Louvre, appealing for justice |
| AD 1408 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | In the Louvre's great hall the Duke of Orléans's widow's side has an abbot read a text, accusing the Duke of Burgundy of murder and demanding justice, in a public address |
| AD 1408 | Monstrelet, Chronicles | The claim in the Orléans side's speech: that the Duke of Burgundy, against the king's order (no more than 200 men), entered Paris with over 600 armed men |
| AD 1465 | Commynes, Memoirs | Charolais's army skirmishes with citizens before the gates of Paris — the Parisians come off worse, then he withdraws to Saint-Denis, the city being impregnable |
| AD 1465 | Commynes, Memoirs | The king rushes from Bourbon to Paris by forced marches to prevent the armies of Charolais, Berry and Brittany from joining — the text says he did not intend to fight |
| AD 1465 | Commynes, Memoirs | Charles's army besieges Paris: the whole camp stays 11 weeks (the Duke of Berry and the Bretons at Saint-Maur, the rest toward Saint-Denis), encamped widely south and east of Paris |
| AD 1465 | Commynes, Memoirs | Louis XI enters Paris leading over 2,000 cavalry, wrecking the plan to persuade the citizens |
| AD 1465 | Commynes, Memoirs | Peace treaty of Conflans between Louis XI and Count Charles: the Somme towns (Amiens, Saint-Quentin, etc.) and Péronne and others go to Charles (redeemable for 200,000 crowns) |
| AD 1475 | Commynes, Memoirs | The Constable, Count of Saint-Pol, is tried in Paris, found guilty, executed, and his property confiscated |