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| 1584 | Death France Henry III |  |
| 8th July Death Fran‡ois, Duke of Anjou and Alen‡on, heir to the throne, Henry III has no children, according to the Salic law the succession will pass on to Henry King of Navarre a Protestant |
| Last of a series of civil wars in France known as the Huguenot Wars or French Wars of Religion, the War of the Three Henrys is the 8th and final war |
| 1587 | Battle of Coutras France Henry III | |
| Coutras Navarre leads the Huguenots to victory over Henry III at the battle of Coutras |
| 1587 | Battle of Coutras France Henry IV | |
| Coutras Concludes the War of the Three Henrys at Coutras by victory over Henry III |
| 1588 | Alliance France Henry III | |
| Paris Forced into an Alliance with a Huguenot cousin, Henry of Navarre |
| 1588 | Assassination France 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 |
| Death of Henri Guise, assassinated |
| 1588 | Exile of Henry III France Henry III | |
| Paris Expelled by the Duke of Guise, head of the Catholic League |
| 12th May Paris Day of the Barricades in Paris , Duke Henry of Guise seizes the city, forcing King Henry III to flee |
| 1589 | Assassination France 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 | Assassination France 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 |
| 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 | Assassination France Henry IV | |
| 1st Aug Paris Assassinated by a Dominican monk, Henry is the last of the Valois line |
| Arques Wins the battle of Arques over Charles , duc de Mayenne, of the Holy League |
| 1589 | Death France Henry III | |
| Blois Henry has Guise murdered at Blois |
| Paris Paris rises against Henry III in favour of the Guises, Henry III leaves Paris |
| Dec Paris The Guises propose a settlement with a cipher as heir and demand a meeting of the States General, which takes place at Blois |
| July Paris King Henry III of France capitulates to the Duke of Guise and returns to Paris |
| 1st Aug Paris After Henry's assassination Paris suffers a 4 year siege |
| 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 |
| 1589 | Succession France Henry IV | |
| Paris Henry of Navarre converts to Catholicism in hopes to keep peace amongst the people, and is crowned King Henry IV of France |
| Paris Succeeeds as the King of France, 1st of the Bourbon line |
