Friday, November 13: 'Horror'
At 9:20 pm (2020 GMT) on Friday evening, the first of three explosions takes place outside the Stade de France national stadium, during a friendly between France and Germany.
The blast signals the start of a chain of coordinated suicide bombings and shootings targeting several popular Parisian recreational spots.
They include restaurants and bars in the trendy east of Paris, and, in the worst attack, the Bataclan theatre, where three attackers kill scores of concert-goers and take others hostage for over two hours.
Saturday, November 14: State of emergency
Around midnight President Francois Hollande declares a state of emergency and orders tighter border controls.
At 12:30 am (2330 GMT) police storm the Bataclan, where 89 people have died, along with the three gunmen, two of whom blew themselves up. The third was shot by police.
Police say they believe there were eight attackers in total.
Visiting the Bataclan, Hollande says France will strike back at the jihadists "without mercy". The presidency announces the deployment of 1,500 additional soldiers in Paris.
The city is quiet: sporting events are called off and major tourist attractions are closed. Public schools, museums, libraries, sports halls and food markets are remain shuttered.
But throughout the day people visit the sites of the attacks to pay homage to the victims with flowers and candles.
Hollande calls the attacks an "act of war" and announces three days of national mourning.
The Islamic State jihadist group claims responsibility, saying the attacks were in revenge for French air strikes on its targets in Syria.
The Paris prosecutor says the toll has soared to at least 129 and could rise further still.
November 16: a minute's silence
France and other countries in Europe observe a minute's silence at noon (1100 GMT).
French authorities use the powers given to them by the state of emergency to search scores of homes nationwide. They arrest 23 people, place 104 under house arrest and confiscate 31 weapons.
Police in France and Belgium launch a manhunt for Salah Abdeslam, on the run after the attacks.
Hollande says France will "intensify its operations in Syria", hours after the first series of air strikes against the jihadists' Syrian bases since Friday's attacks.
Members of the European Parliament observe a minute of silence for the 13 November Paris attacks victims at the European Parliament in Brussels Source: AAP
Addressing a rare sitting of both houses of parliament he calls on lawmakers to back a three-month extension of the state of emergency and calls for constitutional reforms to boost the state's ability to fight terrorism.
November 17: A ninth attacker
Police sources says a video from the night of the attacks confirms the existence of a ninth assailant.
November 18: Raid in search of 'mastermind'
They also hunt for the suspected mastermind of the attacks, Belgian Abdelhamid Abaaoud.
Around 04:20 am (0320 GMT), police launch a pre-dawn raid on an apartment building near the Stade de France, in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, where they suspect Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the alleged mastermind of the attacks, may be staying.
A shootout ensues, followed by several explosions.
A woman blows herself inside the apartment and another suspected jihadist is killed in the raid. Seven people are arrested. Five police sustain minor injuries.
Policemen guard the special operation zone while French police fire nearly 5,000 rounds during a ferocious firefight north of Paris with a fourth terrorist cell that was “ready to strike”. Source: AAP
The French cabinet says that all 129 victims of the attacks have now been identified but dozens of injured remain in critical condition.
Hollande urges the nation not to "give in to fear" or excessive reactions.
November 19: Attack 'mastermind' Abbaoud confirmed killed in raid
The Islamic State jihadist suspected of orchestrating the Paris attacks was killed in a major police raid in the French capital, prosecutors confirmed Thursday, raising troubling questions about a breakdown in intelligence and European border security.
Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a Belgian of Moroccan origin linked to a series of extremist plots in Europe over the past two years, died in Wednesday's assault by elite police units on an apartment in northern Paris.
