ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : History of the Franche Comte </title> <META name="keywords" keyword="Freigrafschaft Burgund, Free County of Burgundy"> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2006 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Franche Comte <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xfrcomte.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xfrcomte.html"> <img src = "../banners/banfrcomte.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on January 27th 2006 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> </div> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : Bretagne </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> 534 <BR> 888 <BR> 1032 <BR><BR> 1127 <BR><BR> 1335-1336 <BR> 1342-1343 <BR> 1346-1348 <BR> 1366 <BR> 1384 <BR> 1423 <BR> 1477 <BR> 1482 <BR> 1493 <BR> 1556 <BR> 1595 <BR> 1598 <BR> 1636 <BR> 1644 <BR> 1659 <BR> 1665 <BR> 1668 <BR> 1668 <BR> 1673 <BR> 1674 <BR> 1678 <BR> 1691 <BR> 1790 <BR> 1793 <BR> 1801 <BR> 1851 <BR> 1901 <BR> 1940-1944 <BR> 1946 <BR> 1982 <BR> 1999 <BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Kingdom of Burgundy (of which Franche Comte formed part) annexed by Frankish Kingdom <BR> Kingdom of Upper Burgundy (of which Franche Comte formed part) created <BR> Kingdom of Burgundy (of which Franche Comte formed part) annexed into <A HREF = "../germany/xhre.html">Holy Roman Empire</A> <BR><BR> Count Raynald III. refused to do homage to King Lothar III.; this event justified title Free County <BR> Rebellion against rule of Count Eudes IV. <BR> Rebellion against rule of Count Eudes IV. <BR> Rebellion against rule of Count Eudes IV. <BR> (Franche Comte) <BR> First appearance of name Franche Comte (Free County) in official documents <BR> Franche Comte attached to Duchy of Burgundy in Dynastic Union <BR> University of the Two Burgundies established at Dole <BR> Death of Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy; Habsburg inheritance <BR> Treaty of Arras; <A HREF = "xfrance.html">France</A> recognized Habsburg rule over Franche Comte <BR> Treaty of Senlis; <A HREF = "xfrance.html">France</A> confirmed recognition of Franche Comte being Habsburg fief <BR> Habsburg Empire split in Austrian, Spanish Lines; Franche Comte allocated to Spanish Line <BR> French invasion of Franche Comte <BR> Treaty of Vervins ended Franco-Spanish War; Franche Comte declared neutral <BR> French invasion of Franche Comte; siege of capital Dole <BR> French invasion of Franche Comte <BR> Treaty of the Pyrenees confirmed Spanish possession of Franche Comte <BR> <A HREF = "xfrance.html">France</A>, under Louis XIV., first claimed Franche Comte <BR> French occupation of Franche Comte <BR> After the expulsion of the French, the Spanish constructed the fortress of Besan&ccedil;on <BR> Spanish incursions into Burgundy <BR> The French laid siege to Besan&ccedil;on <BR> Treaty of Nijmegen; Spain ceded Franche Comte to France <BR> University moved from Dole to Besan&cedil;on <BR> Franche Comte abolished, territory reorganized in Departements <BR> University of Besan&ccedil;on suppressed <BR> Population of Franche Comte 796,000 <BR> Population of Franche Comte 957,000 <BR> Population of Franche Comte 919,000 <BR> German occupation during World War II <BR> Population of Franche Comte 804,000 <BR> Franche Comte restored as an administrative region <BR> Population of Franche Comte 1,117,000 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> EXTERNAL <BR> FILES </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> History of Franche Comte, from <A HREF = "http://www.french-at-a-touch.com/French_Regions/Franche-Comte/franche-comte_9.htm"><B> France at a Touch</B></A>, from <A HREF = "http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Provinces/Franche-Comte.shtml"><B>Discover France</B></A> <BR> Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : France, from <A HREF = "http://www.katolsk.no/utenriks/kronologi/france.htm"><B>Kirken i Norge</B></A> <BR> <A HREF = "http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoire_de_la_Franche-Comt%C3%A9"><B>Histoire de la Franche Comte</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besan%C3%A7on"><B>Besancon</B></A>, from Wikipedia <BR> Flag of Franche Comte, from <A HREF = "http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/fr-fc.html"><B>FOTW</B></A> <BR> France, Historical Population Statistics of Greater administrative Regions, from <A HREF = "http://www.library.uu.nl/wesp/populstat/Europe/francer.htm"><B>Population Statistics</B></A> at Univ. Utrecht <BR> Historique, from <A HREF = "http://www.univ-fcomte.fr/pages/fr/menu2/presentation/historique_69.html"><B>Universite de Franche Comte</B></A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman"> Click here to go <A HREF = "../../index.html">Home</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../../about.html">Information about KMLA, WHKMLA, the author and webmaster</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../..links.html">Statistics</A><BR> </font> <BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "1"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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