Chronology
- 17 January 1562 - Edict of Saint-Germain, often called the "Edict of January"
- 1 March 1562 - Massacre of Vassy (Wassy)
- March 1562 - March 1563 First War, ended by the Edict of Amboise
- 19 December 1562 - Battle of Dreux
- September 1567 - March 1568 Second War, ended by the Peace of Longjumeau
- 10 November 1567 - Battle of Saint Denis
- 1568–70 Third War, ended by the Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- March 1569 - Battle of Jarnac
- June 1569 - Battle of La Roche-l'Abeille
- October 1569 - Battle of Moncontour
- 1572 - St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
- 1572–73 Fourth War, ended by the Edict of Boulogne
- November 1572 - July 1573 - Siege of La Rochelle
- May 1573 - Henry d'Anjou elected King of Poland
- 1574 - Death of Charles IX
- 1574–76 Fifth War, ended by the Edict of Beaulieu
- 1576 - Formation of the first Catholic League in France
- 1576–77 Sixth War, ended by the Treaty of Bergerac (also known as the "Edict of Poitiers")
- 1579–80 Seventh War, ended by the Treaty of Fleix
- June 1584 - death of François, Duke of Anjou, heir presumptive
- December 1584 - Treaty of Joinville
- 1585–98 Eighth War, ended by the Peace of Vervins and the Edict of Nantes
- October 1587 - Battle of Coutras, Battle of Vimory
- December 1588 - Assassination of the Duke of Guise and his brother
- August 1589 - Assassination of Henry III
- September 1589 - Battle of Arques
- March 1590 - Battle of Ivry, Siege of Paris
- 1593 - Henry IV abjures Protestantism
- 1594 - Henry IV crowned in Chartres.
- June 1595 - Battle of Fontaine-Française
- April – September 1597 - Siege of Amiens
- April 1598 - Edict of Nantes issued by Henry IV
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