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186 articles found

Headword Date Article Type
de Champlain, Samuel 1567 - 1635 P
Crèvecoeur, J. Hector St John de 1735 - 1813 P
Virilio, Paul 1932 - P
France Antarctique founded at Rio de Janeiro by French colonists 1555 T
Influx of American silver causes bankruptcy in France and Spain 1557 T Note
Fort Caroline established by the French in Florida 1564 T Note
Catherine de' Medici tours France to present her son Charles IX 1564 - 1566 T Note
Spain eliminates French colonists in Florida and establishes St Augustine 1565 T Note
Henry III secretly leaves Poland for France 1574 T Note
French colony established at Sable Island by the Marquis de la Roche 1598 T
Peace of Vervins unites France under Henry IV 1598 T Note
The French East India Company receives its charter 1604 T Note
Construction of the Palace of Luxembourg for Maria de Medici in Paris 1612 - 1620 T
English colonists destroy the French settlement at Port Royal, Nova Scotia 1613 T Note
French occupy the Antilles and Cayenne 1625 T Note
Treaty of Monzon between France and Spain 1626 T Note
French Company for the Islands of America is incorporated 1626 T Note
Richelieu founds the French companies for Canada and Senegal 1628 T Note
The French occupy Martinique and Guadeloupe 1635 T Note
French traders found a settlement at the mouth of the Senegal River 1637 T Note

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