Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
15 19th century. 16 20th century. ... This is a timeline of French history, ... To read about the background to these events, see History of France.
A map of France in 1843 under the July Monarchy. By the French Revolution, the Kingdom of France had expanded to nearly the modern territorial limits. The 19th century would complete the process by the annexation of the Duchy of Savoy and the County of Nice (first during the First Empire, and then definitively in 1860) and some small papal (like Avignon) and foreign possessions.
The 19th century saw France expanding to nearly its modern territorial limits through annexations and overseas imperialism, notably in Algeria, Indochina, and Africa. Despite territorial gains, France faced challenges, including a slow population growth, compared to its European neighbors, and a late industrialization that saw a shift from ...
History of France; Timeline: ... Long 19th century. French Revolution: 1789–1799: ... The Cambridge history of modern France. Cambridge ...
1947: 1947 strikes in France, a series of insurrectional strikes; 1958: May 1958 crisis in France; 1961: Algiers putsch of 1961; 1968: May 1968 events in France, a volatile period of civil unrest that was punctuated by demonstrations and massive general strikes as well as the occupation of universities and factories across France.
In the 19th century, it is renamed the Moulin de la galette (it became a famous landmark in the 19th century). 2 September – Cardinal Richelieu becomes the proviseur, or dean, of the Sorbonne. 22 October – For centuries, the bishop of Paris was under the authority of the archbishop of Sens.
The First French Empire, officially the French Republic, [d] then the French Empire after 1809 and also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century. It lasted from 18 May 1804 to 3 May 1814 and again briefly from 20 ...
This is a list of wars involving modern France from the abolition of the French monarchy and the establishment of the French First Republic on 21 September 1792 until the current Fifth Republic. For wars involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792), see List of wars involving the Kingdom of France .