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| 0392 | Arbogast |  |
| 15th May Replaces Valentian II with Eugenius |
| 0923 | Charles I the Simple | |
| 15th June Paris Has Robert killed, he had usurped the throne the previous year |
| 1203 | Arthur of Brittany | |
| 3rd April Rouen After the battle of Mirabeau rumour circulates that, drunk & possessed, John had slain Arthur & thrown his body into the Seine |
| 3rd April Rouen John has Arthur of Britanny killed to prevent Arthur from claiming the English throne |
| 1315 | Bourgogne, Marguerite de | |
| Louis X's wife Marguerite de Bourgogne is strangled in prison |
| 1315 | Louis X | |
| Louis X's wife Marguerite de Bourgogne is strangled in prison |
| 1407 | Charles VI | |
| 23rd Nov Paris Burgundy is pardoned because Orleans had been involved in a plot to overthrow the King |
| 23rd Nov Paris Orleans is assassinated by Burgundy while under Charles ' protection |
| 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 Assassinated by order of John the Fearless |
| Paris Sparks off civil war between the Orleanists & Burgundians |
| 1419 | Charles VI | |
| Montereau Assassination of Jean-sans-Peur at Montereau during a meeting with the Dauphin, his successor, Philippe-le-Bon, allies himself with the English |
| 1419 | Jean-sans-Peur of Burgundy | |
| Montereau Assassination of Jean-sans-Peur at Montereau during a meeting with the Dauphin, his successor, Philippe-le-Bon, allies himself with the English |
| 1419 | John the Fearless | |
| 10th Sep Burgundy As a result of the assassination the Burgundians ally with the English |
| 10th Sep Assassinated whilst in the company of the Dauphin Charles |
| 1419 | Philipe the Good | |
| 10th Sep Makes an alliance with England after the assassination of John the Fearless |
| 1563 | Guise, Francis de | |
| 18th Feb Orleans Death of Francis de Guise, assassinated while attempting to crush the Huguenots |
| 1563 | Medici, Catherine de | |
| 18th Feb Orleans Catherine de Medici assumes control of the Catholic faction after the assassination of de Guise |
| 1572 | Catherine de Medicis | |
| 24th Aug Paris Orders the assassination of Coligny, the Huguenot leader |
| 1587 | Henry III | |
| Paris Henry has Guise murdered at Blois |
| 1588 | Henry of Guise | |
| Guise is summoned to attend the King, and is assassinated, his brother Louis II, Cardinal of Guise is assassinated the next day, arouses such outrage among the remaining relatives and allies of Guise that Henry III was forced to flee |
| 23rd Dec Blois Murdered near the king's bedchamber while Henry III hides behind the curtains |
| 1589 | Cl‚ment, Jacques | |
| 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 |
| 1589 | Henry III | |
| 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 | Henry IV | |
| 1st Aug Paris Assassinated by a Dominican monk, Henry is the last of the Valois line |
| 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" |
| 1789 | Sauvigny, Bertier de | |
| Paris Assassinated for hoarding food |
| 1793 | Corday, Charlotte | |
| 13th July Paris A reaction to the Jacobin challenge to the Girondists |
| 13th July Paris Stabs Jean-Paul Marat to death in his bath |
| 13th July Paris Stabs Marat to death in his bath |
| 1793 | Marat, Jean Paul | |
| 13th July Paris Stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, a Girondist & anti-Jacobin |
| 1794 | Renault, Cecile | |
| 24th May Paris Fails in an attempt to assassinate Robespierre |
| 1794 | Robespierre, Maximilien Francois Marie | |
| 22nd May Paris Survives an assassination attempt |
| 24th May Paris Survives an assassination attempt by Cecile Renault |
| 1800 | Napoleon I | |
| 24th Dec Paris The assassination attempt results in further centralization & control |
| 1871 | Darboy, Georges | |
| Paris Arrested & shot by the Communards |
| 1894 | Carnot, Marie Francoise Sadi | |
| 24th June Lyons Stabbed to death at Lyons by an Italian anarchist |
| 1914 | Jaures, Jean | |
| 31st July Assassinated by a French nationalist fanatic |
| 1934 | Barthou, Louis | |
| 9th Oct Marsailles Assassinated with Alexander I of Yugoslavia while greeting his arrival |
| 1942 | Darlan, Jean Francois | |
| 24th Dec Assassination of the Vichy leader in north Africa |
| 1960 | Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de | |
| 22nd April Paris Narrowly escapes an assassination attempt |
| 1985 | Audran, Rene | |
| 25th Jan A director of French arms sales who is assassinted by Action Directe |
| 1986 | Besse, Georges | |
| Besse is assassinated by Action Directe |
