Historical place archive

River Loire in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at River Loire in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1337–1562

Historical events in River Loire

1337

1337
Invasion of Loire
Philip VI · Hundred Years War

Announces forfeiture of the English fiefs south of the Loire then invades them

1562

1562
Siege of Loire
Louis I de Bourbon · Wars of Religion, 1st

The Bourbons, led by Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Cond‚, organise a protectorate over the Protestant churches and begin to seize and garrison strategic towns along the Loire

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match France and River Loire. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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