| English Sovereigns. | French Kings. | Prominent Events in French History. |
|---|
| Evacuation of the Romans, 410 | | |
| Saxon and Anglian invasions, circa 450-550 | Merovingian Kings from 481 | |
| | Mayors of the Palace, 687-741 Carolingians, 741 Charlemagne, 771 | Battle of Tours, 732. (Charles Martel defeated the Saracens) |
| Egbert (first overlord 802 of England), | | |
| Alfred the Great (seven other Saxon Kings), 871 | The later Carolingian Kings from 814 | Coming of the Northmen. Rollo, the leader, became first Duke of Normandy, 912 |
| Ethelred the Unready, 978 | Hugh Capet, 987 | |
| | Robert the Pious, or Debonair, 996 | |
| Edmund Ironside, 1016 | | |
| Cnut, 1017 | Henri I., 1031 | |
| Harold Harefoot, 1036 | | |
| Hardicanute, 1040 | | |
| Edward the Confessor, 1042 | | Henri I. assists William the Norman to conquer insurgent barons at the Battle of Val es dunes |
| Harold II., 1066 | Philippe I., 1060 | |
| William I. (the Conqueror), 1066 | | Conquest of England by William of Normandy, 1066 |
| William II. (Rufus), 1087 | | First Crusade, 1095 |
| Henry I., 1100 | Louis VI., 1108 | |
| Stephen, 1135 | Louis VII., 1137 | Led the Second Crusade, 1147 |
| Henry II., 1154 | Philippe II. (Auguste), 1180 | |
| Richard I. (Cœur de Lion), 1189 | | Third Crusade, 1189 |
| John, 1199 | | Normandy conquered from King John, 1204 |
| | | Albigensian Crusade, 1204 |
| | | Notre-Dame built |
| Henry III., 1216 | Louis VIII., 1223 | |
| | Louis IX. (known as St. Louis), 1226 | Louis IX. led Crusade to the East, but was captured by the Saracens, 1248 |
| Edward I., 1272 | Philippe III., 1272 | |
| | Philippe IV., 1285 | |
| Edward II., 1307 | Louis X., 1314 | |
| | Philippe V., 1316 | |
| | Charles IV., 1322 | |
| Edward III., 1327 | Philippe VI. (the first of the Valois), 1328 | Hundred Years’ War with England began, 1337 |
| | | Battle of Crécy, 1346 |
| | Jean (le Bon), 1350 | Battle of Poitiers, 1356. King John taken prisoner |
| | Charles V., 1364 | |
| Richard II., 1377 | Charles VI., 1380 | |
| Henry IV., 1399 | | |
| Henry V., 1413 | | Battle of Agincourt, 1415. Henry V. declared heir to French Crown |
| Henry VI., 1422 | Charles VII., 1422 | Jeanne d’Arc relieves Orleans, 1429. Crowns the King (1430), is burnt at Rouen, 1431 |
| Edward IV., 1461 | Louis XI., 1461 | |
| Edward V., 1483 | Charles VIII., 1483 | Makes war with Italy, 1495 |
| Richard III., 1483 | | |
| Henry VII., 1485 | Louis XII., 1498 | Makes war with Italy, 1499 |
| | | Battle of the Spurs, 1513 |
| Henry VIII., 1509 | François I., 1515 | Meeting of the Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520 |
| | | The Reformation, 1529 |
| Edward VI., 1547 | Henri II., 1547 | |
| Mary, 1553 | | |
| Elizabeth, 1558 | François II., 1559 | |
| | Charles IX., 1560 | Massacre of St. Bartholomew, 1572 |
| | Henri III., 1547 | Murder of the Duc de Guise at Blois, 1588 |
| | Henri IV. (the first of the Bourbons), 1589 | Edict of Nantes, giving toleration to Protestants, 1598 |
| James I., 1603 | Louis XIII., 1610 | Last meeting of States-General before the Revolution, 1614 |
| Charles I., 1625 | | |
| Charles II., 1660 | Louis XIV., 1643 | War with Holland, 1672 |
| James II., 1685 | | Revocation of Edict of Nantes, 1685 |
| William III. and Mary, 1688 | | |
| Anne, 1702 | | War of the Spanish Succession, 1702 |
| George I., 1714 | Louis XV., 1715 | |
| George II., 1727 | | War with England, in Canada and in India, 1754 |
| George III., 1760 | | Seven Years’ War, 1756 |
| | Louis XVI., 1774 | French Revolution, 1789 |
| | | Meeting of the States-General, 1789 |
| | | Trial and death of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette, 1793 |
| | | Directory and Consulate: Napoleon as First Consul, 1799 |
| | Napoleon, 1804 | Battles of Austerlitz, 1805; Trafalgar, 1805; Jena, 1806 |
| | | Retreat from Moscow, 1812 |
| | | Abdication, 1814 |
| George IV., 1820 | Louis XVIII., 1814 | Napoleon returns from Elba, 1814 |
| | | The Hundred Days |
| | | Battle of Waterloo, 1815 |
| | | Napoleon sent to St. Helena, 1815 |
| | Charles X., 1824 | Abdication of Charles X., 1830 |
| William IV., 1830 | Louis Philippe, 1830 | |
| Victoria, 1837 | | Napoleon’s remains brought to France, 1840 |
| | | Abdication of Louis Philippe, 1848 |
| | The Second Republic, 1848 | |
| | Napoleon III., 1852 | The Crimean War, 1854 |
| | | War with Germany, 1870 |
| | | Abdication of Napoleon III. |
| | The Third Republic, 1870 | |