France

FRANCE!

790-792

800

Charlemagne's court produces the Libri Carolini in response to the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy

Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III

1189-92

Third Crusade

1095

Pope Urban II calls for the First Crusade

1209

Pope Innocent III calls for Albigensian Crusade against Cathar heretics in southern France

1589-93

King Henry IV adopts Catholicism, ending Wars of Religion

1778-83

1793

French kingdom supports the American Revolution

King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette executed in Paris for treason

1852

Eiffel Tower built in Paris

Bonaparte's nephew crowned Emperor Napoleon III

1889