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| 1302 | Philip IV |  |
| The 1st opening of the Estates General |
| 1589 | Henry III | |
| 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 |
| 1593 | Henry IV | |
| Feb Paris The Estates General meets for the 1st time since 1576 |
| 1710 | Broglie, Fran‡ois-Marie de | |
| Appointed Lieutenant-General |
| 1719 | Broglie, Fran‡ois-Marie de | |
| Appointed Director-General of Cavalry & Dragoons |
| 1744 | Broglie, Victor-Fran‡ois de | |
| Appointed Brigadier |
| 1745 | Contades | |
| Appointed Lieutenant-General |
| 1747 | Montcalm-Gozon | |
| Appointed Brigadier by Louis XV |
| 1788 | Necker, Jacques | |
| Paris Persuades Louis XVI to summon the Estates General |
| 1789 | Louis XVI | |
| 5th May Versailles The Third Estate demands voting by head instead of by Estate |
| 5th May Versailles The Third Estate meets for the 1st time since 1614 |
| 1789 | Marie-Antoinette | |
| Versailles Opposes the summoning of the Estates General |
| 1789 | Robespierre, Maximilien Francois Marie | |
| Paris Appointed Member of the Estates General |
| 1789 | Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de | |
| Paris Elected to the Estates General, represents the clergy, the First Estate |
| 1793 | Mortier | |
| Sep Appointed Adjutant-General after the battle of Hondschoote |
| 1793 | Napoleon I | |
| 22nd Dec Paris Appointed Brigadier |
| 22nd Dec Toulon Appointed Brigadier, age 24 |
| 1794 | Destaing, Jacques Zacharie | |
| Appointed Adjutant-General Chef de Brigade |
| 1794 | Soult, Nicolas-Jean de Dieu | |
| Fleurus Appointed General |
| Fleurus Appointed General after the battle of Fleurus |
| 1796 | Murat, Marechal Joachim | |
| 10th May Appointed General de Brigade |
| 1796 | Ney | |
| Appointed General of the Brigade |
| 1799 | Kleber, Jean Baptiste | |
| Aug Cairo Appointed Commander of the French forces in Egypt |
| Aug Cairo Appointed Commander of the French forces in Egypt after Napoleon returns to France |
| 1799 | Murat, Marechal Joachim | |
| 25th July Aboukir Bay Appointed General de Division during the 2nd battle of Aboukir Bay |
| 1801 | Suchet | |
| Appointed Inspector-General of Infantry |
| 1807 | Junot | |
| Lisbon Appointed General |
| Lisbon Appointed General by Napoleon after capturing Lisbon |
| 1870 | Wimpffen, Felix de | |
| Appointed Commander r of the French forces after an injury to MacMahon |
| 1871 | Ducrot, Auguste | |
| Appointed Comander of the French, replaces MacMahon |
| 1906 | Castelnau, Marie-Joseph Edouard de | |
| Appointed Brigadier-General |
| 1907 | Foch, Ferdinand | |
| Appointed Brigadier-General |
| 1914 | Petain, Henri Philippe | |
| Aug Appointed General of the Brigade |
| Sep Appointed General of the Division after the Battle of the Marne |
| 1935 | Gamelin, Maurice Gustave | |
| Appointed Inspector General |
| 1940 | Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de | |
| 5th June Appointed Brigadier-General |
| 1942 | Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de | |
| 7th Nov Madagascar Appoints Legentilhomme High Commissioner of Madagascar |
| 1946 | Mollet, Guy Alcide | |
| Appointed Secretary-General of the Socialist Party |
