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| 177 |
| | On the order of Marcus Aurelius, Christians in Lyons are tortured to death - an instance of persecution unusual at this time | |
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| 314 |
| | Warming to his new Christian role, Constantine summons more than 300 bishops to Arles to discuss the controversial issue of Donatus | |
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| 360 |
| | St Martin founds the first monastery in western Europe, at Ligugé near Poitiers | |
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| 406 |
| | The Vandals cross the Rhine into Gaul and move into Spain, from which the Visigoths soon push them on into Africa | |
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| 407 |
| | The Roman city of Nîmes is sacked by the Vandals, in an early indication of the gradual loss of Gaul to the Germanic tribes | |
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| 413 |
| | The Burgundians cross the Rhine and settle round Worms, before moving south to the Savoy region | |
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| 418 |
| | The Visigoths, after twenty years of destructive wandering, settle in southwest France as Roman federates | |
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| 451 |
| | Attila and the Huns invade Gaul but are defeated, somewhere near Troyes, by a Roman army supported by Visigoths and Burgundians | |
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| c. 481 |
| | The 15-year-old Clovis inherits the Merovingian crown and becomes leader of the Franks - with his first capital at Tournai | |
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| c. 500 |
| | Clovis and some 3000 of his soldiers are baptized in a massive ceremony at Reims | |
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