- 1469 : arrest of the "robber-lord" Gérothée de Rathsamhausen by the Bishop of Strasburg ; siege and destruction of the château de la Roche ; never rebuilt ; hence Le Ban will have only castles for living in, not military castles
- 1489 : census ; le Ban de la Roche has 73 houses (all villages together)
- 1525 : war of the peasants ; repression of revolted farmers ; peasants are supported by the anabaptist churchs and criticized by Luther ; the anabaptists appear like the real popular movement
- 1534 : census ; le Ban de la Roche has 107 houses
- 1558 : the Emperor sends an inquiry commission to Jacques de Rathsamhausen, suspected of clandestine mining in Ban de la Roche
- 1562 : mariage of Georges-Jean de Veldenz and Anna-Maria Wasa, daughter of the King of Sweden
- 1580 : the Emperor autorizes Georges-Jean de Veldenz to exploit the mines in Le Ban de la Roche (still owned by the Rathsamhausens)
- 1584 : Georges-Jean de Veldenz buys le Ban de la Roche ; introduction of luthérianism
- 1578 : census le Ban de la Roche has 164 houses
- 1592 : raid on Rothau of horsemen of the bishop ; the castle is burnt
- 1612-1675 : minister Nicolas Marmet is at the head of the parish
- 1620 : paroxysm of witchcraft trials
- 1620-1625 : the Veldenz Court several times in Rothau
- 1625 : birth in Rothau of Léopold-Louis, le last of the Veldenz male lords
- 1633 : le Ban de la Roche struck by the 30-years war ; saccage of the vallée de la Rothaine ; the catholic inhabitants of Shirmeck harvest the crops and take the cattle of this valley; important mortality by hunger
- 1635 : raid on Fouday
- 1648 : raid on Neuviller, then plague
- 1649-1655 : local wars
- 1655 : census (results in this book)
- 1675-1676 : effective conquer by France
- 1675 : raid on Belmont
- 1676 : raid on Wildersbach
- 1681 : le Ban de la Roche owes hommage to King of France instead of the Emperor
- 1694 : death Léopold Louis de Veldenz, who leaves 3 daughters
- 1720 : d'Angervillers, intendant of Alsace, inaugurates a catholic dinasty of Lords of Le Ban de la Roche ; another catholic lord is Voyer d'Argenson
- 1723 : death on the last Countess Palantine of Veldenz ; end of the last fictions of indépendance
- 1724 : the church of Rothau used both by protestants and catholics
- 1750-1754 ; 1760-1767 : Stouber is minister in the Chergoutte Valley
- 1758 : Voyer d'Argenson, lord of Ban de la Roche
- 1762 : réfection of the church of Belmont ; the lord tries (but does not succeed) to compel the protestants to share it with catholic
- 1767 : arrival of minister Jean-Frédéric Oberlin
- 1771 : Voyer d'Argenson sells le Ban de la Roche to Jean de Dietrich (protestant ; a friend of the Encyclopedistes ; a great mineralogist ; will successfully exploit the mines and rebuilt the big smithy)
- 1789 : révolution
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