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Pastry War: Victorious French troops withdraw from Mexico after their demands were satisfied. 1848: February: February Revolution or French Revolution of 1848: Republican riots forced King Louis-Philippe to abdicate and flee to England. 20 December: Louis Napoleon Bonaparte starts his term as the first president of the French Republic.
Timeline of French history; 0–9. 1606 in France; 1681 in France; Timeline of the 2005 French riots; B. Timeline of the Battle of France; H. History of Lille;
The new regime was constitutional: it was indeed, to reconcile the country, to mix the return to the monarchy with some of the major achievements of the French Revolution. To do this, the sovereign granted the French the Charter of 1814. The royal power was restored while preserving part of the rights of the individual acquired during the ...
The high forehead look was favored during this time period, so women tended to shave or pluck their eyebrows. 1920-1930s: During the Roaring 20's, women took after the stars with a super thin ...
The most important of these conquests for French history was the Norman Conquest by William the Conqueror. [17] An important part of the French aristocracy also involved itself in the crusades, and French knights founded and ruled the Crusader states. The French were also active in the Iberian Reconquista to Rechristianize Muslim Spain and ...
History of French Guiana by period (4 C) H. History of the Illyrian Provinces by period (1 C) L. History of Lyon by period (3 C) M. History of Martinique by period (4 C)
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.
7 December – Lazare Ponticelli, last surviving official French veteran of the First World War (died 2008) 19 December – Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, Commissioner for Jewish Affairs under the Vichy Régime (died 1980) 20 December – Jacques de Bernonville, collaborationist and senior police officer in the Vichy regime (died 1972)