| 1532/08/19 |
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Cornerstone of the present Saint-Eustache was laid during the reign of Francois 1st |
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| 1586/05/05 |
Cardinal Richelieu |
Faith |
Armand Jean du Plessis, future Cardinal Richelieu, is baptized at Saint-Eustache. |
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| 1622/01/15 |
Moliere |
Faith |
Moliere is baptized at Saint-Eustache. |
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| 1637/04/26 |
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Saint-Eustache is consecrated by Jean-Francois de Gondi, archbishop of Paris |
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| 1649/12/25 |
Louis XIV of France |
Faith |
Louis XIV makes his first holy communion |
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| 1655/00/00 |
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Colbert, parishioner and former warden of St Eustache, has two chapels constructed under the towers of Saint Eustache |
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| 1666/00/00 |
Anne of Austria |
In Memoriam |
Funeral oration for Anne of Austria |
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| 1721/12/30 |
Madame de Pompadour |
Faith |
Jeanne Poisson, the future Madame de Pompadour, is baptized at Saint-Eustache |
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| 1754/05/22 |
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Louis Philippe lays the cornerstone of the current facade, built to replace the facade weaken by Colbert's chapels |
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| 1778/07/04 |
Anna Maria Mozart |
In Memoriam |
Funeral of Anna Maria Mozart, mother Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
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| 1778/07/04 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Mourner |
Funeral of Anna Maria Mozart, mother Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
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| 1791/04/04 |
Honore Gabriel Riqueti |
In Memoriam |
Funeral oration by Cerutti for Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau |
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| 1793/00/00 |
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Eglise Saint-Eustache is closed to the Catholic faith and becomes the Temple of Agriculture, it reopened in 1795 |
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| 1846/00/00 |
Victor Baltard |
Architect |
Eglise Saint-Eustache under goes a full restoration, led by Victor Baltard, 1846 to 1854 |
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| 1855/04/30 |
Hector Berlioz |
Conductor |
Berlioz premieres his monumental composition, Te Deum, at the church of Saint-Eustache |
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| 1866/03/15 |
Franz Liszt |
Composer |
Franz Liszt attends the premiere of his "Gran Mass" at the Church of Saint-Eustache in Paris, France. |
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| 1870/00/00 |
Leon Auguste Perrey |
Sculptor |
Leon A Perrey carves Saint Genevieve for Saint Eustache |
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