Editing Basilica of Saint-Denis (section)

== Timeline ==
* '''c. 250 AD''' – Martyrdom of [[Saint Denis of Paris|Saint Denis]]
* '''After 313''' – Construction of first basilica
* '''451–459''' – Basilica enlarged by [[Saint Genevieve]]
* '''626–639''' – Further enlargement by [[Dagobert]], first King to have sepulchre in the church
* '''775''' – New church dedicated in presence of [[Charlemagne]]
* '''1122–1151''' – [[Suger]] is Abbot of Saint-Denis
* '''1140–1144''' – Reconstruction of the [[chevet]] with Gothic features
* '''1231''' – Reconstruction of the upper chevet and the nave
* '''1267''' – [[Louis IX]] inaugurates the royal [[necropolis]]
* '''c. 1320–1324''' – Construction of six chapels along the north side of nave
* '''1364''' – [[Charles V of France]] commissions his tomb in the church
* '''1572''' – Beginning of the construction of the mausoleum of the [[House of Valois|Valois]] dynasty
* '''1771''' – Removal of the statue-columns installed by Suger on the west front
* '''1792''' – Final office celebrated by the monks, following the [[French Revolution]]
* '''1805''' – Beginning of restoration ordered by [[Napoleon]]
* '''1813''' – New restoration begun by architect [[François Debret]]
* '''1845''' – Collapse of Debret's rebuilt north spire. [[Eugène Viollet-le-Duc]] becomes chief architect of restoration.
* '''1862''' – The basilica is classified a French historical monument
* '''1966''' – The basilica becomes the cathedral of the new department of [[Seine-Saint-Denis]].
* '''2004''' – The heart of [[Louis XVII]] is transferred to the chapel of the Bourbons.<ref>Timeline events from Plagnieux, Philippe, "La basilique cathédrale de Saint-Denis",(1998), p. 49</ref>