Timeline

Timeline showing some of the significant events of the Daspit and related families (highlighted) with historical and cultural events of the time.
 

Year
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Notes
AD 1   2
14  Death of Roman emperor Augustus  2
64  Great Fire of Rome  2
c. 80  Completion of colosseum amphitheatre in Rome  2
AD 100    2
116 - 17  Roman empire reaches its greatest extent, under Emperor Trajan (98 - 17)  2
122 - 38  Hadrian's Wall built to defend province of Britain  2
180  Death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius; end of Pax Romana  2
AD 200    2
313  Christianity tolerated throughout Roman empire  2
324  Constantine becomes sole emperor (western emperor in 312)  2
330  New city of Constantinople (now Istanbul) inaugurated on site of ancient Greek city of Byzantium in European Turkey  2
360s  First invasions of Europe by Huns from central Asia  2
378  Romans defeated at Adrianople by Visigoths: Emperor Valens killed  2
AD 400    2
410  Aaric the Goth, king of the Germanic people, the Visigoths, sacks Rome  2
432  St. Patrick introduces Christianity to Ireland  2
445  Attila the Hun attacks western Europe  2
c. 450  Saxons from Germany begin to invade Britain  2
AD 500    2
527 - 65  Reign of Justinian, Byzantine emperor; he tries to reunite the eastern and western branches of the Christian church which are bitterly divided  2
529 - 34  Justinian introduces codes of law  2
563 - 97  St Columba comes from Ireland to spread Christian religion in Scotland  2
597  Mission of St. Augustine to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity  2
AD 600    2
c. 600  Beginning of an important period of art and literature in Ireland  2
AD 700    2
715  Muslim forces conquer most of Spain; only the mountainous north, home of the Basque people, remains independent  2
732  Charles Martel , king of the Franks, defeats Muslims at Poitiers in France, stopping Muslim advance northwards  2
768  Charlemagne becomes king of the Franks 784 - 96 Offa , king of Mercia in central England, builds defensive dyke between England and Wales  2
787  Vikings make their first raids on the coasts of Britain  2
AD 800    2
800  Pope crowns Charlemagne emperor of Rome on Christmas Day in St Peter's Church, Rome  2
c. 800  First castles built in western Europe  2
810 Enelo Arista is born, earliest known ancestor of the de Marsan family and Laure de Marsan (see year 1267) 5
814  Death of Charlemagne  2
825 Birth of Geoffrey of Orleans, earliest recorded member of the Plantagenet Family who became rulers of England for over 300 years. Connected to the D'Aspit family through the St Amand line and Hameline Plantagent (see Year 1130). 5
841  Vikings found Dublin on east coast of Ireland  2
c. 843  Charlemagne 's Frankish empire breaks up  2
843  Kenneth /MacAlpin unites kingdom of Scotia and becomes first king of Scotland (dies c. 859)  2
c. 860  Vikings rule at Novgorod in Russia  2
871 - 99  Reign of Alfred The Great of England  2
878  Alfred defeats Vikings under Gudrum at Ethandune; Treaty of Wedmore divides England between them  2
885 - 86  Vikings raid Paris in France  2
c. 891  Monks write the history of England in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 2
AD 900    2
911  Rollo, Viking chief, settles in Normandy, France  2
912 - 61  Rule of Abd-al-Rahman III, Omayyad caliph of Cordoba, Spain; during his peaceful reign he develops arts and industry, such as paper-making  2
936 - 73  Reign of Otto The Great, king of Germany; he is crowned Holy Roman emperor in 962  2
937  Athelstan of England defeats large army of Scots, Irish, and Danes at Battle of Brunanburh, northern England  2
942 - 50  Record of Welsh law is written down on the orders of Hywel Dda, Prince of all Wales  2
c. 986  Eric The Red, Viking explorer, sets up a colony in Greenland 2
987 - 96  Reign of Hugh Capet, first Capetian king of France  2
AD 1000    2
1000 Arnaud, Seigneur D'Aspit, earliest known ancestor of the D'Aspit line 5
1014  Brian Boru, High King of all Ireland, defeats Vikings at Battle of Clontarf, but is killed after victory  2
1016 - 35  Reign of Canute, Viking king of England, Denmark, Norway and Sweden  2
1020  Italian towns, including Rome, Florence and Venice, become city states  2
1034  Scotland becomes united down to present border with England  2
1035 - 66  Normandy in north of France grows powerful  2
1037  Spanish kingdoms of Castile and Leæn unite  2
1054  Split between Catholic church of Rome and Orthodox Christian church of Byzantium  2
1066  William Duke of Normandy, defeats Harold of England at Battle of Hastings  2
1072 - 91  Norman armies conquer Sicily  2
1077  Pope Gregory expels Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV from church; Henry pleads forgiveness, but conflict between empire and Papacy continues into 12th century  2
1080 Lord Huston de St. Omer is born, earliest known ancestor of the St. Amand line and thought to be the ancestor of Anne de St Amand (see 1662) 5
1086  Survey of England by order of William I is recorded in Domesday Book  2
AD 1100    2
c. 1115 - 42  French teacher Henry IV makes Paris centre of religious learning  2
1119  Bologna University founded in Italy; Paris University, in France, is founded in 1150  2
1124 - 53  David I rules Scotland  2
1130 Birth of Hameline Plantagent, son of Geoffrey Plantagent and Adelaide of Angiers. 5
1132 - 44  St Denis Abbey, the first Gothic church, built by Abbot Suger in Paris  2
1139 - 85  Alphonso I becomes first king of Portugal  2
1152 - 90  Reign of powerful Holy Roman emperor Frederick I, called Barbarossa (red beard)  2
1154 - 89  Reign of Henry II Plantagenet of Anjou as king of England; he reforms law and government  2
1171 - 72  Henry II invades Ireland and is accepted as its lord  2
1180 - 1223  Philip II Augustus rules France, conquering Angevin lands in the west  2
1185 Birth of Petronille de Marsan, Countess of Bigorre and great grandmother of Laure de Marsan (see year 1267), later married Guy de Montfort, son of Simon de Montfort and Eleanor of England 5
1190  Teutonic Order of knights, a military society, set up in Germany to defend Christian lands in Palestine and Syria  2
1190 Amanieu de Mesmes is born, earliest known ancestor of the de Mesmes family and Jeanne de Mesmes (see year 1568) 5
AD 1200    2
1209  St Francis of Assisi founds Franciscan religious order  2
1215  English King John seals Magna Carta, giving more power to barons  2
1219 Arnaud-Raimond I, eldest son of Ramona (see year 1180) aides in the defense of Toulouse which was besieged by Prince Louis, eldest son of King Philippe-August. 5
1249  University College, first college of Oxford University, England, founded  2
c. 1254  Explorer Marco Polo born in Venice  2
1267 Raimond de Mesmes marries Laure de Marsan, grandaughter of Alix, Countess of Bigorre and Viscountess of Marsan. 5
1262  Iceland and Greenland come under Norwegian rule  2
1273  Rudolph I becomes first Habsburg ruler of Austria  2
1282 - 84  Edward I of England conquers Wales  2
1284  Peterhouse, first college of Cambridge University, founded in England  2
c. 1290  Invention of spectacles in Italy  2
AD 1300    2
1305 Giotto paints the first realistic frescoes in Padua 1
1308  Papal court moves to Avignon; Great Schism follows  2
1313 John, 2nd Baron de St Amand marries Joan Margaret Despencer, daughter of Hugh le Despencer and Isabel Beauchamp providing one of twp connections of the St. Amand family to William the Conqueror. 5
1309-1378 Papacy at Avignon 1
1315-1317 Famine in northern Europe 1
1337  Edward III of England claims French throne - 100 Years War (1337 - 1453) begins  2
1341 Petrarch crowned poet laureate at Rome 1
1346 Battle of Crecy 1
1347-1350 Black Death 1
1370  Geoffrey Chaucer writes first book, Book of the Duchess  2
1373  Treaty of Anglo-Portuguese friendship; the English and Portuguese are still allies today  2
1374-1400 Jean Froissart writes the Chronicles of the 100 Years' War  1
1378-1417 Great Schism 1
1385?-1440 Jan van Eyck 1
1386-1400 Geoffrey Chaucer writes Canterbury Tales 1
1389  Christian Serbs defeated by Ottoman Turks at Kossovo in Serbia  2
1397 Founding of the Medici Bank 1
1399 Henry of Lancaster (Henry IV) seizes English throne 1
AD 1400    2
1403  Ghiberti sculpts human bodies in realistic style for bronze doors of Florence baptistry, heralding the Renaissance  2
1410 Marriage of Bertrans de Mesmes to Jeanne de la Barthe, daughter of Raymons de la Barthe II and Jean de Montcorneil, and descendent of ancient Counts of Aragon and the Merovingian Kings of Toulouse. 5
1406 Florence conquers Pisa. 1
1415 Battle of Agincourt 1
1417 Great Schism ends 1
1417  End of Great Schism in Catholic church; a single pope elected in Rome  2
1419 Brunelleschi designs Foundling Hospital in Florence  1
1420-1460 Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal 1
1420 Portuguese reach the Madeira Islands. 1
1420 Jean de la Broue is born, earliest known ancester of Catherine de la Broue, wife of Nicolas D'Aspit (see year 1601) 5
1420 Brunellischi designs dome of Florence Cathedral 1
1428 Raymond-Arnaud I, Baron of Aspet and Corraze; escort of Jeanne d'Arc at Harengs 5
1427 Portuguese reach the Azores. 1
1429 Joan of Arc leads French to break English siege of Orleans.  1
1429 Charles VII crowned king of France. 1
1429  Joan of Arc leads French forces against occupying English army at Siege of Orleans  2
1430s  Gutenberg, a German metalworker, experiments with printing using moveable type  2
1431  Joan of Arc is burnt at the stake by the English  2
1434 Cosimo de' Medici establishes rule in Florence 1
1440 Platonic Academy founded in Florence  1
1440 Johann Gutenberg invents printing from movable type 1
1442 Birth of George de Mesmes, Chevalier, Siegneur de Caix-Chen, de Lusson and de Brocas (see year 1480). 5
1449 Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici. 1
1451-1481 Mohammed II, the Conqueror, Ottoman sultan 1
1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1
1453 Constantinople falls to the Turks 1
1453  Ottomans besiege and capture Constantinople, ending Byzantine empire  2
1453  End of 100 Years War; English expelled from all France except Calais  2
1455 Gutenberg Bible printed 1
1455-1485 Wars of the Roses 1
1461-1483 Louis XI rules France 1
1466  Birth of Desiderius, Dutch scholar and leader of revival of learning in northern Europe  2
1469-1492 Lorenzo de' Medici ("the Magnificent") rules Florence. 1
1475-1564 Michelangelo Buonarroti 1
1476 William Caxton sets up printing press at Westminster 1
1478 - 92  Rule of Renaissance art patron, Lorenzo de' Medici  2
1479  Crowns of Aragon and Castile in Spain united under Ferdinand and Isabella  2
1480  Spanish Inquisition introduced to uncover heresy  2
1482 First great Renaissance villa is built for Pope Leo X  1
1483 Martin Luther born. 1
1480 George d Mesmes marries Marguerite de Cauna, daughter of Bernard de Causa and Jeanne de Beaumont, a descendent of the royal house of Navarre 5
1485 Botticelli paints The Birth of Venus 1
1485  Henry VII becomes first Tudor king of England and Wales after defeat of last Plantagenet king Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth  2
1486-1502 Rule of Aztec emperor Ahuitzotl; Aztec empire at height of power in Mexico 3
1487 Bartholomew Diaz sails around Cape of Good Hope- 1
1492  Christian Spanish capture Granada in Spain from Muslims  2
1492  Christopher Columbus lands on Bahama islands, Cuba, and Hispaniola; he is first European to reach Americas since Vikings  2
1495-1497 Leonardo da Vinci paints The Last Supper. 1
1497 John Cabot discovers Newfoundland . 1
1497 - 98  Portuguese Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, and sails on to India  2
AD 1500    2
1500  Black-lead pencils used in England  2
1500s French exploration in Canada begins 3
1501-1504 Michelangelo sculpts statue of David 1
1502-04 Columbus's fourth voyage; he reaches Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia 3
1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints Mona Lisa 1
1506 - 1612  Construction of basilica of St Peter's in Rome  2
1508-1512 Michelangelo paints ceiling of Sistine Chapel in Rome 1
1513 Vasco Nô'ez de Balboa, Spanish explorer, first sights the Pacific Ocean 3
1517 Raphel paints The Transfiguration 1
1517 Luther posts his 95 Theses in Wittenberg. 1
1517  Martin Luther, German scholar, publishes 95 objections to Catholic practices  2
1519 Charles of Spain becomes Emperor Charles V. 1
1519-1521 Magellan's ship first to sail around the world  1
1519  Charles, archduke of Austria (and king of Spain), elected Holy Roman emperor (retires in 1556)  2
1519  Death of Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci  2
1521 Diet of Worms. Luther refuses to back down. 1
1529 The Turks besiege Vienna 1
1534  Henry VIII of England breaks with Rome; makes himself head of English church  2
1534 French explorer, Jacques Cartier, makes first expedition to settle in Canada 3
1535 Jacques Cartier sails up the St. Lawrence River. 1
1538 Titian paints Venus of Urbino 1
1540 Hernando de Soto discovers the Mississippi River. 1
1540s Spanish arrive in California  3
1541 - 64  Leadership of John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland  2
1543 Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory  1
1545 Council of Trent begins. Aims to reform Catholic Church. 1
1556 Charles V of Spain abdicates.  1
1556 Son, Phillip II, rules Spain; brother, Ferdinand I, is Emperor. 1
1556 - 98  Reign of Philip II of Spain  2
1558 - 1603  Reign of Elizabeth I of England  2
1559 Peace of Cateau-Cambresis ends Franco-Spanish war. 1
1560s - 90s  French Wars of Religion: Protestant minority in conflict with Catholic majority as leading nobles struggle for power under weak Valois kings  2
1564 - 1616  Life of English playwright, William Shakespeare  2
1571 Italian painter, Caravaggio born in Milan 1
1577 - 80  English seaman Francis Drake sails round the world  2
1568 Jewin D'Aspit marries Jeanne de Mesmes uniting the two noble houses 5
1580 - 1640  Spain united with Portugal  2
1584 Sir Walter Raleigh founds first English colony in Virginia. 1
1584 Sir Walter Raleigh sends an exploring party to Virginia in North America, followed a year later by a colonizing expedition, which fails 3
1587 Mary, Queen of Scots executed. 1
1588  English fleet defeats Spanish Armada off south coast of England  2
1592 Galileo invents the thermometer 1
1598  Henry IV, first Bourbon king of France, grants equal rights to Protestants  2
1599 Spanish painter Diego Velazquez born in Seville 1
1599 Original Globe Playhouse built 1
1600 First performance of Hamlet at the Globe. 1
AD 1600    2
1604 The first settlers arrive in the Acadian area. They settle at St. Croix Island.  4
1605  Gunpowder Plot fails  2
1601 Nicolas D'Aspit marries Catherine de la Broue  5
1605 Port Royal, which will become the major town of Acadia, is settled.  4
1607 John Smith founds colony of Virginia at Jamestown. 1
1607 Jamestown Colony, first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in Virginia 3
1608 French colony of Quebec founded. 1
1608 Quebec in Canada founded by French settlers 3
1609 Henry Hudson sails up Hudson River. 1
1609  Italian Galileo Galilei confirms that the sun is the centre of the universe  2
1613 The Globe burns down 1
1616 Shakespeare dies. 1
1619 - 28  In London, England, William Harvey discovers the circulation of the blood  2
1620 Pilgrim Fathers sail from England in the Mayflower  1
1624  Cardinal Richelieu becomes first minister in France  2
1625 Dutch found New Amsterdam (later New York). 1
1629 Massachusetts founded 3
1640  Portugal gains independence from Spain  2
1642 - 47  Civil war in England, Scotland, and Ireland  2
1643 - 1715  Reign of Louis XIV of France  2
1649  Charles I of England and Scotland executed  2
1664 English capture New Amsterdam from the Dutch; it is renamed New York 3
1679  Habeas Corpus Act in England ensures no imprisonment without court appearance first  2
1662 Bernard D'Aspit marries Anne de St. Amand uniting the noble houses of D'aspit and St. Amand, he joins the name and has the Coat of Arms registered in 1698. 5
1682 - 1725  Reign of Peter the Great of Russia  2
1688  Revolution in England against James II brings William of Orange to the throne  2
1690 Birth of Jean Francois D'Aspit de St. Amand, son of Bernard D'Aspit and Anne de St. Amand. 5
1697 - 98  Peter I (the Great) of Russia travels through western Europe in disguise  2
AD 1700    2
1700s  Age of Enlightenment introduces revolutionary new ideas to Europe  2
1701 - 13  Much of Europe involved in War of Spanish Succession; French routed at Battle of Blenheim, 1704  2
1703  Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, founds St Petersburg  2
1715  First Jacobite rising in Britain attempts to restore exiled Stuart dynasty to throne  2
1716 French build fortress, one of the strongest in North America, at Louisbourg in Canada 3
1718 City of New Orleans is founded on Mississippi river 3
1722 Marriage of Jean Francois D'Aspit de St. Amand and Marie Francoise Dubuisson. 5
1726 - 43  Cardinal Fleury governs France peacefully  2
1718 Jean Francoise D'Aspit de St. Amand arrives in Louisiana. He is made commandant of the upper Louisiana province and assigned to Fort Rosalie, near the present site of Natchez, Mississippi. 5
1720 Marie Francoise Dubuisson arrives in America at Ship Island from Dunkirk, France aboard the ship Le Tilleul. Marries Jean Francois Daspit de St. Amand in 1722. 5
1727 Coffee first planted in Brazil, by Europeans 3
1735 Libel trial of John Peter Zeuger in New York helps establish freedom of the press in North America  3
1740s Population of the 13 colonies reaches 1.5 million, including 250,000 slaves; Boston and Philadelphia largest cities 3
1729  Massacre at Ft. Rosalie and death of Jean Francois Daspit de St. Amand. 5
1745 - 46  Second Jacobite rising in Britain led by Bonnie Prince Charlie attempts but fails to restore exiled Stuart dynasty to British throne  2
1753 French occupy Ohio valley in North America 3
1754-63 Anglo-French war in North America 3
1755 The deportation (exile) of Acadians begins. Over 6,000 are deported in the first year.  4
1755 Birth of Pierre Daspit de St. Amand, grandson of Jean Francois D'Aspit de St. Amand. He becomes the Judge at La Fourche, Louisiana.  
1760 All Canada passes into British hands 3
1762  Publication of French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau's Contrat Social  2
1762 - 96  Reign of Russian empress Catherine the Great  2
1764 The first Acadians (20) arrive in Louisiana from New York via Mobile.  4
1765 The first Acadians begin to settle in Louisiana.  4
1773 Boston Tea Party: colonists in North America rebel against British taxes 3
1774 - 92  Reign of Louis XVI, king of France  2
1781 British Lord Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, ending American Revolution 3
1789  Outbreak of French Revolution; Paris Bastille stormed (14 July)*  2
1798-99  Wolfe Tone organizes Irish revolt against English rule  2
1790 Marcel Daspit, son of Pierre Daspit de St Amand is born on February 7. 5
AD 1800    2
1800  Italian scientist Volta invents electric cell  2
1801 Thomas Jefferson becomes third US president 3
1804  Napoleon becomes Emperor of the French  2
1805  Battles of Trafalgar (British naval victory) and Austerlitz (French army victory)  2
1806  Napoleon brings the Holy Roman empire to an end  2
1812  First tin cans produced in England for preserving food  2
1815  Battle of Waterloo; final defeat of Napoleon  2
1816 BolÃvar defeats Spanish in Venezuela; independence confirmed in 1821 3
1830  Revolution in France  2
1846-48 US war against Mexico; California and New Mexico ceded to United States 3
1849 California gold Rush 3
1861-65 Civil War in United States; attempt by southern states to secede is defeated 3
c. 1850 Francoise Gustave Daspit de St. Amand, son of Pierre Geoffrey, returns to France. 5
1863-67 French invade Mexico and set up Austrian archduke Maximilian as emperor of Mexico 3
1865 Thirteenth Amendment to US Constitution outlaws slavery 3
1867 Britain makes Canada a dominion 3
1876 In United States, Alexander Bell invents telephone 3
1876-1911 Rule of President Diaz of Mexico: period of great expansion 3
1877 US inventor Thomas Edison invents the record-player 3
1883 Edison invents the light bulb 3
1898 Spanish-American War; Spain gives Cuba independence, United States takes Puerto Rico, Guam, and Philippines as colonies 3
1895 Death of Marie Neige Daspit, daughter of Marcel Daspit, who spent most of her life trying to recover the families Coate de France lands. 5

Notes on Sources:
  1. Renaissance Chronology
  2. History of the World - Europe
  3. History of the World - Americas
  4. ACADIAN-CAJUN Genealogy: Acadian History Timeline
  5. Elsewhere in these Pages


Last Updated on 8/21/99
By Patrick Daspit
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