PARIS MAJOR HISTORIC EVENTS : CHRONOLOGY
History of Paris France

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• 300 b. J.C. - Final constitution of the Parisii tribe. Creation of Lutèce
• 52 b. J.C. - Battle of Lutèce, Camulogène defeat



Pont d'Alexandre III

• IVth century - Start of Christianism in the Parisian status
• Vth century - Sainte-Geneviève : Building of the first basilicas,
  Creation of Saint-Denis
• VIth century - Stepping of the Francs over Paris, Paris as capital city
• 751 - Coronation of Pépin le Bref at Saint-Denis
• 885 - Failure of the Normans before Paris
• Ar. 1200 - Philippe Auguste sets up a wall around Paris
• 1248 - The Sainte-Chapelle is consecrated in Paris
• 1301 - Philippe le Bel gives the order to make the river Seine open to
  shipping as far as Troyes
• 1348 - The Black Plague
• 1358 - Etienne Marcel death
• 1420 - Invasion of the English over Paris
• 1559 - Henri II death during the Hôtel des Tournelles tournament
• 1572 - Saint-Barthélémy Massacre in Paris, Meaux
• 1589 - Henri III assassination in Saint-Cloud
• 1702 - Paris is divided in 24 districts



Pont Neuf

• 1789  (October 6th) - Louis XVI is taken back from Versailles to Paris
• 1850 - First drinkable water and sewerage system set up in Paris
• 1852 - Opening by Boucicault of the “Bon Marché”, first department store
• 1855 - First World Fair
• 1867 - Second World Fair
• 1867 - Booming of Baron Haussmann works in Paris
• 1868 - Third World Fair
• 1889 - Fourth World Fair
• 1900 - Fifth World Fair
• 1940 - German troops invade Paris
• 1944  (August 25th) - Liberation of Paris
• 1958 - Coming of the Fifth Republic

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