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The Fifth Republic is France's third-longest-lasting political regime, after the hereditary, feudal monarchy of the Ancien Régime and the parliamentary Third Republic ( 4 September 1870 – 10 July 1940 ). The Fifth Republic will overtake the Third Republic as the second-longest French regime and the longest-lasting French republic on 8 August ...
The French Fourth Republic ( French: Quatrième république française) was the republican government of France from 27 October 1946 to 4 October 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution of 13 October 1946. Essentially a reestablishment and continuation of the Third Republic which governed from 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War to ...
Germany portal. History portal. v. t. e. The Kingdom of the Franks ( Latin: Regnum Francorum ), also known as the Frankish Kingdom, the Frankish Empire (Latin: Imperium Francorum) or Francia, was the largest post-Roman barbarian kingdom in Western Europe. It was ruled by the Frankish Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties during the Early Middle ...
Belgium. In medieval historiography, West Francia ( Medieval Latin: Francia occidentalis) or the Kingdom of the West Franks ( Latin: regnum Francorum occidentalium) constitutes the initial stage of the Kingdom of France and extends from the year 843, from the Treaty of Verdun, to 987, the beginning of the Capetian dynasty.
Franciscus van den Enden, in later life also known as 'Affinius' (Latinized form of 'Van den Enden') [ 1][ 2][ 3] ( c. 5 February 1602 – 27 November 1674) was a Flemish former Jesuit, [ 4] Neo-Latin poet, physician, art dealer, philosopher, and plotter against Louis XIV of France. Born in Antwerp, where he had a truncated career as a Jesuit ...
The 2024 Tour de France was the 111th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Florence, Italy, on 29 June, and finished in Nice, France, on 21 July. The race did not finish in (or near) Paris for the first time since its inception, owing to preparations for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Tadej Pogačar won the general classification ...
The 1948 Tour de France was the 35th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 25 July 1948. It consisted of 21 stages over 4,922 km (3,058 mi). The race was won by Italian cyclist Gino Bartali, who had also won the Tour de France in 1938. Bartali had almost given up during the race, but drew inspiration from a phone call from ...
1984 Tour de France. The 1984 Tour de France was the 71st edition of the Tour de France, run over 4,021 km (2,499 mi) in 23 stages and a prologue, from 29 June to 22 July. The race was dominated by the Renault team, who won the team classification and ten stages: [1] Renault's French rider Laurent Fignon won his second consecutive Tour, beating ...