| 25 July 1137 | Marriage of Louis VII and Eleanor of Aquitaine |
| 1 August 1137 | Death of Louis VI |
| 21 March 1152 | Annulment of marriage between Louis VII and Eleanor of Aquitaine |
| 18 May 1152 | Eleanor marries future Henry II of England |
| Fall 1154 | Louis VII marries Constance of Castile |
| 19 December 1154 | Henry II crowned king of England |
| 4 October 1160 | Death of Constance of Castile |
| 12 October 1160 | Maurice of Sully elected bishop of Paris |
| 2 November 1160 | Marriage of Marguerite of France and Henry the Young King of England |
| 13 November 1160 | Marriage of Louis VII and Adele of Champagne |
| Sept./Oct. 1164 | Marriage of Alix of France and Thibaut V of Blois |
| November 1164 | Thomas Becket arrives in France |
| 21 August 1165 | Birth of Philip II |
| 14 June 1170 | Henry the Young co-crowned as king of England |
| 29 December 1170 | Assassination of Thomas Becket |
| 8 August 1176 | William of the White Hands elected archbishop of Reims |
| 1 November 1179 | Coronation of Philip II |
| 28 April 1180 | Marriage of Philip II and Isabelle of Hainaut |
| 29 May 1180 | Coronation of Isabelle of Hainaut |
| 18 September 1180 | Death of Louis VII |
| 14 February 1181 | Expulsion order for all Jews of the royal domain |
| 1183 | Philip II undertakes urban development projects in Paris |
| 11 June 1183 | Death of Henry the Young King of England |
| May 1186 | Hugh Foucaud elected abbot of Saint-Denis |
| 19 August 1186 | Death of Geoffrey, count of Brittany |
| Fall 1186 | Marriage of Marguerite of France to Bela III of Hungary |
| 4 July 1187 | Saladin victorious over Frankish forces at Battle of Hattin |
| 10 July 1187 | Saladin captures Acre from the Franks |
| 5 September 1187 | Birth of Louis VIII |
| 2 October 1187 | Saladin takes Jerusalem |
| 19 October 1187 | Pope Gregory VIII calls the Third Crusade |
| 19 December 1187 | Clement III elected pope (through 1191) |
| 21 January 1188 | Philip II and Henry II take the cross near Gisors |
| March 1188 | Philip II issues the Saladin tithe in France |
| 10 February 1189 | Rigord at Argenteuil |
| 6 July 1189 | Death of Henry II |
| 3 September 1189 | Coronation of Richard I |
| 1190 | Philip II begins construction of the walls around Paris |
| 15 March 1190 | Death of Queen Isabelle of Hainaut |
| 10 June 1190 | Death of Emperor Frederick I |
| 24 June 1190 | Philip II at Saint-Denis for blessing before crusade |
| 5 July 1190 | Philip II and Richard I reach Vézelay |
| 16 September 1190 | Philip II arrives in Sicily |
| 30 March 1191 | Celestine III becomes pope (through 1198) |
| 20 April 1191 | Philip II arrives in Acre |
| 12 May 1191 | Marriage of Richard I to Berengaria of Navarre |
| 8 June 1191 | Richard I arrives in Acre |
| 12 July 1191 | Acre falls to crusading armies |
| 31 July 1191 | Philip II sails from Acre |
| December 1191 | Philip II returns to France |
| March 1192 | Philip II orders burning of Jews at Brie |
| 9 October 1192 | Richard I sails from Acre |
| December 1192 | Richard I in custody of Emperor Henry VI |
| 4 March 1193 | Death of Saladin |
| 14 August 1193 | Marriage of Philip II to Ingeborg of Denmark |
| 15 August 1193 | Ingeborg’s coronation; Philip II seeks to annul his marriage |
| 5 November 1193 | Council of Compiègne annuls Philip II’s marriage to Ingeborg |
| February 1194 | Richard I released from captivity |
| March 1194 | Richard I reaches England |
| 3 July 1194 | Richard I defeats Philip II at Battle of Fréteval, captures baggage train |
| 13 March 1195 | Celestine III overturns decision of Council of Compiègne |
| June 1196 | Marriage of Philip II to Agnes of Méran |
| 11 September 1196 | Death of Maurice of Sully, bishop of Paris |
| October 1197 | Hugh of Milan elected abbot of Saint Denis |
| 28 September 1197 | Death of Emperor Henry VI |
| 8 January 1198 | Innocent III elected pope (through 1216) |
| 11 March 1198 | Death of Marie of France, countess of Champagne |
| July 1198 | Philip II readmits Jews to the kingdom |
| 15 August 1198 | Innocent III calls the Fourth Crusade |
| 26 March 1199 | King Richard I wounded |
| 6 April 1199 | Death of King Richard I |
| 27 May 1199 | Coronation of King John |
| Jan.–Sept. 1200 | France under interdict |
| 11 May 1200 | Treaty of Le Goulet between Philip II and King John |
| 22 May 1200 | Marriage of Prince Louis to Blanche of Castile |
| 24 August 1200 | Marriage of King John to Isabelle of Angoulême |
| May/June 1201 | King John in Paris and at Saint-Denis |
| 18/19 July 1201 | Death of Agnes of Méran |
| 2 November 1201 | Innocent III legitimates Philip II’s two children with Agnes of Méran |
| 28 April 1202 | King John condemned by French royal court; Philip II begins conquest of Normandy |
| 1 August 1202 | King John captures his nephew Arthur, who is never seen again |
| 7 September 1202 | Death of William of the White Hands |
| 6 March 1204 | Philip II takes Château Gaillard as part of conquest of Normandy |
| 8 April 1204 | Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople |
| 24 June 1204 | Philip II takes Rouen, effectively completing conquest of Normandy |
| 1205 | Philip II gives relics sent from Constantinople to Saint-Denis |
| 4 June 1206 | Death of Queen Adele |
| 27 July 1214 | Philip II’s victory over English, Flemish, and German forces at Bouvines |
| 14 July 1223 | Death of Philip II |