Founding of the Capetian dynasty
987 · Event
Hugh Capet is elected King of the Franks, beginning a royal dynasty that will reign for over 800 years.
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- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Baptism of Clovis (496)
- Frankish kingdom of Clovis I (481)
- Caesar's conquest of Gaul (58 BCE)
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- East–West Schism (1054)
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- Christianisation of Kievan Rus' (988)
- Domesday Book (1086)
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- Reign of William the Conqueror (1066)
- Battle of Hastings (1066)