1163-1330 Construction of Notre Dame Cathedral (middle ages)
1240's Sainte Chapelle Church constructed under Louix IX
1285 La Conciergerie started
1391 Royal palace is at the Louvre
1400- Kings residence at Palace of Tournelles (site of Place des Vosges)
1600+ Henry IV specified the décor for the Place des Vosges
1670 Louis XIV had Hotel d'Invalides built
1682 Versaille built under Louis XIV (the Sun King)
1789 – 99 The French revolution Ended the absolute monachies of Louis XVI.
July 14, 1789 Bastille Day Revolution
1793 Execution of Louis XVI and later Marie Antoinette
         First Empire” Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte)
1806 Arc d'Triomphe construction started
1814 First Bourbon Restoration with Louis XVIII
1814 100 days comback of Napoleon followed by Waterloo
1830 July 27-29 revolution leading to the “July Monarchy” of Louis Philippe
1848 Overthrow of “July Monarchy”
1852-70 Second Empire: Napoleon III (Louis Bonaparte)
1860 Opera construction started
1870 Overthrow of Second Empire.
         Consequences of Franco Prussian war – loss of Alsace and Lorraine
1871 Insurrection of Paris Commune. Put down with 25000 executions
1876 Sacre Coeur in Monmatre started.
1889 Eiffel Tower completed
1898 Orsay Museum built
1914-1918 First World War. Return of Alsace and Lorraine