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Charles VII of France

monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France (1403-1461)

37 dated entries naming Charles VII of France, drawn from 24 separate years between 1403 CE and 1463 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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15th century

  • 1403February 22 – King Charles VII of France, monarch of the House of Valois, King of France from 1422 to his death (died 1461)source
  • 140322 February – Charles VII of France (died 1461).source
  • 1404October 14 – Marie of Anjou, queen of Charles VII of France (died 1463)source
  • 1413December 18 – The betrothal ceremony of Prince Charles of France (age 10), son of King Charles VI, to Marie of Anjou (age 9), daughter of Louis, Duke of Anjou, takes place at the Palais du Louvre in Paris. The two will marry in 1422.source
  • 1417April 5 – Jean de Touraine, the Dauphin of France and heir to the French throne as the eldest living son of King Charles VI, dies suddenly at the age of 18 from a suspected poisoning. Jean's 15-year-old brother, Charles, becomes the new Dauphin.source
  • 1418Unknown – The Garde Écossaise, the French monarchy's bodyguards, are formed by Charles VII.source
  • 1418December 28 – The Dauphin Charles, crown prince of France, reclaims the city of Tours from the Burgundians after a month-long siege.source
  • 1419September 10 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin.source
  • 141910 September - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by his opponents. His death at the hands of supporters of the Dauphin Charles intensifies France's civil chaos.source
  • 1421June 25 – Prince Charles of Valois, the oldest son of King Charles VI and former Dauphin before being disinherited by his father, captures the English fortress at Gallardon and has the entire garrison executed for treason, and then retakes Chartres.source
  • 1422approximate – Agnès Sorel, French courtier, mistress of Charles VII of France (died 1450)source
  • 1422October 21 – King Charles VI of France passes away at the age of 53 after years of mental illness, and rival groups fight over who his successor will be. In Paris, Henry VI of England, the 10-month old son of the late French regent, England's King Henry V, and grandson of King Charles VI, is proclaimed King Henri II of France. In Bourges, the Dauphin Charles, eldest son of King Charles VI, is proclaimed as King Charles VII.source
  • 1422December 18 – King Charles VII of France marries Marie of Anjou in a ceremony at Bourges.source
  • 1424November – The Bourges astronomical clock, designed by Jean Fusoris, is installed in Bourges Cathedral as a gift to the town from Charles VII of France.source
  • 1428May 13 – Joan of Arc makes her first attempt to reach the Armagnac court at Chinon, arriving at Vaucouleurs speaking to Robert de Baudricourt, captain of the royal garrison, and tells him that God told her in a vision that she had a mission to help restore the Dauphin Charles to the throne. Baudricourt initially declines her request to be given an escort to visit Charles in person.source
  • 1429March 8 – After hearing that Joan of Arc says that voices from heaven have told her that she will lead a royalist army to relieve the siege of Orleans and help him secure the French throne, the Dauphin Charles of France meets with her at the Château de Chinon and is persuaded that he should provide her supplies and troops.source
  • 1429July 17 – The Dauphin is crowned as King Charles VII of France in Rheims.source
  • 142917 July – Charles VII is crowned as King of France at the traditional site of Reims.source
  • 1435September 21 – The Treaty of Arras between Charles VII of France and Philip III of Burgundy ends the English-Burgundian alliance.source
  • 143521 September – The Treaty of Arras is agreed between Charles VII and Philip the Good leads to the end of the Anglo-Burgundian Alliance. This is major blow to long-term English hopes during the Hundred Years Warsource
  • 1437November 12 – King Charles VII of France and his son Prince Louis ride into Paris for the first time in 17 years after the royal family had fled from the invasion by the Duke of Burgundy in 1420.source
  • 143712 November - Charles VII and his son the future Louis XI enter Paris in triumph following its recapture from the English during the Hundred Years Warsource
  • 1438July 7 – Charles VII of France issues the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges, giving the French church control over the appointment of bishops, and depriving the Pope of French ecclesiastical revenues.source
  • 14387 July – Charles VII issues the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges which regulates the relationship between France and the Papacy.source
  • 1440Unknown – The Praguerie rebellion breaks out against the rule of Charles VIIsource
  • 1440February–June – The Praguerie, an uprising by the French nobility against King Charles VII.source
  • 1441June 6 – The siege of Pontoise is started by with 5,000 troops led by King Charles VII of France and Arthur de Richemont, Duke of Brittany, to capture a 1,200 member English Army garrison located on the Île-de-France near Paris. The siege continues for three months until the garrison surrenders.source
  • 1444August 26 – Old Zürich War – Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs: Charles VII of France, seeking to send away troublesome troops made idle by the truce with England, sends his son (the Dauphin Louis) with a large army into Switzerland, to support the claims of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor. The massively outnumbered Swiss force is destroyed in this battle, but inflict such casualties on the French that they withdraw.source
  • 1445August 16 – Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France, daughter of the late King James I of Scotland and wife of the Dauphin Louis, son of King Charles VII of France, dies from an illness contracted a week earlier. On her deathbed, she accuses a court official, Jamet de Tillay, of having slandered her reputation and causing her death.source
  • 1446June 26 – Gilles de Bretagne, the brother of Francois I, Duke of Brittany, is arrested after allowing agents of King Charles VII of France to enter his home, Château du Guildo. He is eventually murdered while in custody at La Harduinaie.source
  • 1450February 9 – Agnès Sorel, mistress of Charles VII of France (born c. 1422)source
  • 1452July 26 – The University of Valence is founded in France by the Dauphin Louis, son of King Charles VII. The university lasts for 330 years until being closed during the French Revolution.source
  • 1455September 8 – Pope Calixtus III decides to send Christians on a crusade against the Ottoman Empire in an attempt to recapture Constantinople. At a ceremony at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, the Pope provides Cardinal Alain de Coëtivy with the crusader's cross and sends him on a mission to meet with King Charles VII of France in hopes of getting French support for the proposed crusade.source
  • 1461July 22 – Louis XI succeeds Charles VII of France as king (reigns until 1483).source
  • 1461July 22 – King Charles VII of France (born 1403)source
  • 146122 July – Charles VII of France (born 1403).source
  • 1463November 29 – Marie of Anjou, queen of France, spouse of Charles VII of France (born 1404)source

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