page_title: Timeline of Paris
section_title: The city of Clovis and the Franks
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Paris / The city of Clovis and the Franks
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Le roi Childebert, fondateur de l'abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-PrésEnglish: King Childebert, as founder of the Saint-Germain-des-Prés abbey
context_page_description: The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Paris, France.
context_section_description: 486
  Clovis I, King of the Franks, negotiates with Saint Genevieve the submission of Paris to his authority.
  About 502
  Burial of Saint Genevieve atop the hill on the left bank which now bears her name. A basilica, the Basilique des Saints Apôtres, is built on the site and consecrated on 24 December 520. It later becomes the site of the Basilica of Saint-Genevieve, which after the French Revolution becomes the Panthéon.
  511
  Clovis I, the king of the Franks, makes Paris his capital. (Some sources give the date 508)
  About 540-550
  Construction of the Saint-Étienne cathedral, predecessor to Notre-Dame de Paris, begins.
  543
  Founding of the Basilica of Saint-Vincent, by Childebert I, the King of Paris. The Basilica becomes the burial place for the first French kings, beginning with Childebert.
  576
  Saint Germain, the Bishop of Paris, is buried at the Abbey of Saint-Vincent, which thereafter is known as the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
  577
  King Chilperic I has the Roman amphitheater repaired, and theatrical events are performed there.
  585
  A fire destroys most of the buildings on the Île de la Cité.
  639
  King Dagobert I is buried in the abbey of Saint-Denis, which becomes the main necropolis for French kings.
  about 680
  The city stops minting gold coins and replaces them with silver coins.
  775
  Consecration of the new Basilica of Saint-Denis, attended by the Emperor Charlemagne
  820
  Mention is made in documents of what is the oldest known street in Paris, rue Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois (1st arrondissement).
  845
  Siege of Paris—The first attack on the city by the Vikings, who burn the city. King Charles the Bald gives them 7000 pounds of silver to go away.
  856
  28 December – The Vikings return and burn the city again.
  857
  The Vikings burn all the churches of Paris, with the exception of those that pay a ransom: Saint-Étienne (now Notre-Dame cathedral), Saint-Denis and Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
  861
  The Vikings burn Paris and the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. The Abbey is pillaged again in 869.
  870
  King Charles the Bald orders the construction of two bridges, the Grand Pont and the Petit Pont, ostensibly to block the passage of the Vikings up the Seine.
  885
  24 November – Gozlin, the Bishop of Paris, repairs the city wall and reinforces the bridges; the city resists an attack by the Vikings.
  886
  6 February – The Petit pont washes away, allowing the Vikings to lay siege to the city and pillage the surrounding region.
  September – The Carolingian Emperor Charles the Fat pays the Vikings 700 pounds of silver to depart.
  887-889
  The Vikings attack Paris again in May 887 and June–July 888, but thanks to strengthened defenses the city is not captured.
  978
  October – Siege of Paris by The Holy Roman Emperor Otto II. The Parisians block the supplies of the invaders from going up the Seine. An army led by Hugh Capet arrives and the siege is finally lifted on 30 December.
  988
  Hugh Capet, elected King of the Franks in 987, resides in Paris for a time, and returns again in 989, 992 and 994-995.
  996
  Hugh Capet dies in Paris and is buried in the Basilica of Saint-Denis.
caption: A 13th century statue of Childebert I, founder of the future Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (The Louvre)
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