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Founded in 1960, this movement stressed the importance of the real and the modern consumer object and was similar to the Pop art movement in New York. Raymond Hains; Arman; Yves Klein; Jacques de la Villeglé; Martial Raysse; Daniel Spoerri; François Dufrêne; Pierre Restany; Jean Tinguely; César; Mimmo Rotella; Niki de Saint Phalle; Gérard ...
Second Opium War: British and French troops entered the Forbidden City in Beijing. 1866: 31 May: French intervention in Mexico: French troops start withdrawing from the country. 1870–1940: Third Republic: 1871: 10 May: The end of the Franco-Prussian War: France's loss marked the downfall of Napoleon III and led to the end of the Second French ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. ... Timeline of French history; 0–9. 1606 in France; 1681 in ...
The French Revolution (French: Révolution française [ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) was a period of political and societal change in France which began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the Coup of 18 Brumaire on 9 November 1799.
The French Revolution of 1848 (French: Révolution française de 1848), also known as the February Revolution (Révolution de février), was a period of civil unrest in France, in February 1848, that led to the collapse of the July Monarchy and the foundation of the French Second Republic.
August 6: A French fleet and expeditionary force sails for Ireland to aid the Irish rebels, though the rebellion is already defeated. August 22: French troops under General Humbert land at Killala, in northwest Ireland. August 27: General Humbert defeats a British force at the Battle of Castlebar, and declares an Irish republic.
French, 73rd Moroccan Goumiers of the 6th Tabor: Liberation of Corsica [2] 1944-06-06: D-Day landings (Allied invasion of Europe as part of Operation Overlord) 1944-06-06: Normandy coast: 14: Normandy: 21st Army Group: Normandy Landings (start of Operation Overlord) 1944-06-06: Ranville: 14: Normandy 6th Airlanding Brigade: Capture of the Caen ...
Paix et Liberté published, distributed and posted hundreds of thousands of posters in France in the 1950s. These posters were reproduced in the form of vignettes, attacking the Soviet Union and communist ideology, but also the French Communist Party and its leaders, such as Maurice Thorez and Jacques Duclos, accusing them of being agents of the USSR.