France 1498-1610 - timeline

Key Theme: The Development of the Nation State: France 1498­1610

1498: Accession of Louis XII
1499: Marriage of Louis to Anne of Brittany; capture of Milan (lost 1512)
1515: Accession of Francis I; battle of Marignano and recovery of Milan (lost 1521); Briçonnet
appointed Bishop of Meaux and began diocesan…

1604: Paulette introduced
1610: Assassination of Henry IV