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| 0845 | Pepin II |  |
| Paris The 1st Viking raid on Paris
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| 0854 | Charles II the Bald | |
| Montmartre Charles is forced to take refuge on Montmartre
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| Paris The Vikings sack Paris
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| 0862 | Charles II the Bald | |
| River Marne Frustrates a Viking raid on Paris up the Marne River
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| 0884 | Charles III the Fat | |
| Paris The Vikings reach Paris
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| 0885 | Charles III the Fat | |
| Champ de Mars About 40,000 Vikings land at Champ de Mars & lay siege to Paris for 11 months
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| 0885 | Eudes | |
| Paris Count Eudes defends Paris from the Vikings
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| 0885 | Gozelin | |
| Paris Helps defend Paris from the Vikings
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| 0886 | Charles III the Fat | |
| Paris Pays off the Vikings with 700lb of silver & sends them off to Burgundy
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| 1217 | Louis VIII | |
| 29th Sep Paris Louis VIII returns his English fortifications & secures the release of his supporters
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| 1418 | Charles VI | |
| Paris Duke Jean-sans-Peur of Burgundy gains control of Paris, the Dauphin Charles flees south of the Loire
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| 1418 | Jean-sans-Peur of Burgundy | |
| Paris Duke Jean-sans-Peur of Burgundy gains control of Paris, the Dauphin Charles flees south of the Loire
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| 1429 | Charles VII | |
| 8th Sep Paris Joan of Arc's army launches an assault against Paris, Joan is shot by an arrow while trying to find a place for her troops to cross the city's moat & the troops are withdrawn against her wishes
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| 1429 | Joan of Arc | |
| 8th Sep Paris Joan of Arc's army launches an assault against Paris, Joan is shot by an arrow while trying to find a place for her troops to cross the city's moat & the troops are withdrawn against her wishes
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| 8th Sep Paris Leads an attack on the Porte Sainte-Honore where she is injured by a crossbow wound
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| 21st Sep Paris After being ordered to march back to Gien-sur-Loire, Joan of Arc's army is disbanded
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| 1430 | Joan of Arc | |
| Melun Attacks the English garrison north of Paris
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| 1436 | Charles VII | |
| 13th April Paris The French army enters Paris, without Burgundy the English cannot defend it
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| 1562 | Louis I de Bourbon | |
| Dec Paris Marches on Paris
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| 1588 | Henry III | |
| 12th May Paris Day of the Barricades in Paris, Duke Henry of Guise seizes the city, forcing King Henry III to flee
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| 1589 | Henry III | |
| July Paris King Henry III of France capitulates to the Duke of Guise and returns to Paris
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| 1st Aug Paris After Henry's assassination Paris suffers a 4 year siege
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| 1648 | Mazarin, Jules | |
| Dec Paris Parlement refuses funds & Mazarin calls on the Conde's troops to surround Paris
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| 1649 | Mazarin, Jules | |
| Paris The Fronde close the Paris gates & create an army to release the King
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| 1789 | Mirabeau | |
| 8th July Paris Addresses the National Assembly demanding withrawal of troops called up by de Broglie
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| 1792 | Dumouriez, Charles-Francois du Perier | |
| 20th Sep Valmy Leads 50,000 & halts the Prussian advance on Paris under the Duke of Brunswick
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| 1792 | Lafayette | |
| 10th Aug Paris The Tuileries is stormed by the Paris mob
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| 1851 | Napoleon III | |
| 2nd Dec Paris Leads an Army, arrests Deputies & the Minister of War & attacks the barracades
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| 1870 | Bazaine, Achille Francois | |
| 27th Oct Paris After victory at Metz the German forces move on Paris
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| 1870 | Favre, Jules | |
| 18th Sep Paris Requests honourable peace from Bismarck who demands Alsace, Metz, Strasbourg & a port
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| 1870 | Trochu, Louis Jules | |
| 19th Sep Paris Organizes the "francs-tireurs", French resistance fighters
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| 1871 | Gambetta, Leon | |
| Jan Paris Forced back across the border into Switzerland as Paris capitulates
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| 1914 | Joffre, Joseph | |
| 1st Sep Paris Orders the 6th French Army to defend Paris
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| 2nd Sep Paris Ordes retreat to the Rivers Seine & Aube sth east of Paris & 60 km sth of the Marne
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| 1914 | Poncare, Raymond Nicholas Landry | |
| 3rd Sep Paris Paris is placed in a state of siege
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| 1940 | Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de | |
| 15th May Paris Informed Touchon will try to create a defensive line outside Paris
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