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France also became involved in joint European projects such as Airbus, the Galileo positioning system and the Eurocorps. [ citation needed ] The French stood among the strongest supporters of NATO and EU policy in the Balkans, to prevent genocide in former Yugoslavia ; French troops joined the 1999 NATO bombing of the country .
This is a timeline of French history, ... Louis XVIII became King of France until his death on 16 ... French troops start withdrawing from the country. 1870–1940 ...
France Laos: In December 2, 1975, The Pathet Lao, (Left-wing Revolutionary Force in Kingdom of Laos), control the country and takeover the power and abolished the Kingdom of Laos. Then it has become a Communist State and change Laos. November 9, 1953 France Cambodia: Independence restored after French protectorate status.
To a large extent, modern France lies within clear limits of physical geography.Roughly half of its margin lies on sea coasts: one continuous coastline along "La Manche" ("the sleeve" or English Channel) and the Atlantic Ocean forming the country's north-western and western edge, and a shorter, separate coastline along the Mediterranean Sea forming its south-eastern edge.
His third son Charles the Bald became King of the West Franks, of the West Frankish Kingdom or West Francia. This area, most of today's southern and western France, became the foundation for the later Kingdom of France under the House of Capet. For his successors, see the List of French monarchs.
Under the Legislative Assembly, which was in power before the proclamation of the First Republic, France was engaged in war with Prussia and Austria.In July 1792, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, commanding general of the Austro–Prussian Army, issued his Brunswick Manifesto, threatening the destruction of Paris should any harm come to King Louis XVI of France.
Religiously France became divided between the Catholic majority and a Protestant minority, the Huguenots, which led to a series of civil wars, the Wars of Religion (1562–1598). The Wars of Religion crippled France, but triumph over Spain and the Habsburg monarchy in the Thirty Years' War made France the most powerful nation on the continent ...
Timelines of New France history (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "French history timelines" ... Timeline of French history; 0–9. 1606 in France; 1681 in France;