Year | Date | Event |
911 | | Charles signed the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte with Rollo, the king of the Vikings, allowing their settlement in what would become theDuchy of Normandy. |
922 | | Charles was overthrown by a noble revolt and replaced by Robert I, Odo's brother. |
923 | 15 June | Battle of Soissons (923): Robert was killed. Charles was captured by Rudolph, the duke of Burgundy. |
| Rudolph was elected king of France by an assembly of nobles. He left the Duchy of Burgundy to his brother. |
936 | 15 January | Rudolph died. He was succeeded by Louis IV, a son of Charles the Simple. |
954 | 10 September | Louis IV died. He was succeeded by his son Lothair. |
986 | 1 March | Lothair died. He was succeeded by his son Louis V. |
987 | 21 May | Louis V died. With no heir, Hugh Capet was chosen as his successor for his noble blood and military successes, thus ending theCarolingian dynasty's reign, and starting the Capetian dynasty. |
996 | 24 October | Hugh Capet died. He was succeeded by his son Robert II. |
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