CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

1493. Birth of Louis XI.

1433. Birth of Charles the Bold.

1435* Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, goes over to Charles VIL of France.

1440. The Praguerie, or revolt of Louis the Dauphin and many French nobles against Charles VIL

1444. Louis attacks the Swlss. Battle of St Jacques, on the Birse.

1448. Louis retires to Dauphiné.

^453* Defeat of Talbot at Castillon. End of the Hundred Years* War.

1455* Wars of the Roses in England.

1456. The Dauphin Louis retires to Burgundy.

T461. Death of Charles VIL and Succession of Louis XI. Henry VI. deposed and Edward IV. becomes King of England.

1462. John IL of Aragon pledges Roussillon to France.

1463. Louis XL redeems the fortresses on the Somme from Burgundy.

1465. League of the Public Weal against Louis XI. headed by Charles, Count of Charolais (Charles the Bold). Battle of Mpntlhéry. Treaties of Conflans and St Maur, by which Burgundy recoyers the Sonmie towns, and Normandy is given to Louis XL 's younger brothex Charles.

1466. Louis résumes Normandy.

1467. Death of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. Charles the Bold succeeds.

1468. The States-General of Tours déclare Normandy inaliénable. Louis has an interview with Charles the Bold at Péronne ; he is compelled to sign a treaty giving Champagne to his brother, and to join in the destruction of Liège.

1469. Louis gives his brother Guienne instead of Champagne.

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1470. Warwick (the Kingmaker) escapes to France. He returns to England and expels Edward IV. Louis répudiâtes the treaty of Péronne.

1471. War between Louis and Charles the Bold. Edward IV. defeats Warwick and recovers England. Great league against Louis XL

1472. Death of Louis*s brother the Duke of Guienne. War with Charles the Bold, who besieges Beauvais in vain. John IL of Aragon recovers Roussillon.

1473. Treaty between Louis and John of Aragon. Charles the Bold seizes Guelderland. Interview between Charles and the Emperor Frederick II I. at Trêves; Frederick quits Trêves without giving Charles the title of King.

1474. Charles the Bold besieges Neuss. His govemor in Alsace, Hagenbach, is executed. Alliance between Louis XL and the Swiss, who make war on Charles.

1475. Edward IV. invades France. Treaty of Pecquigny. Charles the Bold gives up the siège of Neuss. Truce between Louis and Charles. Execution of the Constable St Pol. Charles the Bold conquers Lorraine.

1476. Charles the Bold defeated by the Swiss at Granson and Morat. Louis XL acquires the rights of the house of Anjou. René IL recovers Lorraine. Charles besieges Nancy.

1477. Charles defeated and slain at Nancy by René and the Swiss. Louis XL occupies the Duchy of Burgundy. Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles, marries Maximilian, son of Frederick III.

1478. Conspiracy of the Pazzi against the Medici At Florence.

1479. Louis XL seizes Franche-Comté.

1481. Louis XL inherits the domains of the house of Anjou. (Bar, Anjou, Maine, Provence, and claims on Naples.)

1482. Treaty of Arras between Louis XL and Maximilian.

1483. Death of Louis XL Death of Edward IV. of England.