Death of King Charles IV ends the Capetian dynasty. Hundred Years' War begins with the English dispute of the Valois claim to the French throne. 1420 Paris captured by the English. England withdraws from all of France except Calais. 1500 Italian renaissance influences French culture.
Bourbons emerge as the new dynastic line.
Louis XIV becomes king. France reaches its height of power. 1789 Storming of the Bastille and the beginning of the revolution. 1792 Execution of King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. Robespierre creates the two-year Reign of Terror.