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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 |
