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Prehistory
Gaul
The Roman Empire
The Frankish Kingdoms
- Charlemagne [r]: (742-814) King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor, rising to rule over most of Europe during his lifetime. [e]
Middle Ages
- The Capetians [r]: Add brief definition or description
- The Hundred Year's War [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Joan of Arc [r]: A French peasant girl (ca. 1412 – 1431) who led her nation's armies during the Hundred Years' War and became a national heroine and saint. [e]
Early Modern Era
- Enlightenment [r]: In religion, the point at which an aspirant breaks through the barrier of temporal existence and has a direct experience of God. In history, the enlightenment was a philosophical movement of the 18th century that advocated the use of reason as the basis for belief. [e]
- Encyclopedié [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Denis Diderot [r]: Enlightenment philosophe and Editor in Chief of the Encyclopédie. [e]
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau [r]: (1712–1778) French author and philosopher. [e]
The French Revolution: 1789-1799
- French Revolution [r]: The revolutionary episode in France that deposed the king and the aristocracy, created a republic, and included a period of terror, in which thousands were killed or driven into exile. [e]
Napoleon: 1799-1815
- Napoleon [r]: Noted military commander, world historic figure and dictator of France from 1799 to 1814 [e]
Restoration to Third Republic (1789-1870)
Third Republic (1870-1939)
- Emile Zola [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Victor Hugo [r]: Victor-Marie Hugo (1802-1885), poet, novelist and playwright, was the dominant French writer of the 19th century, and also a considerable political figure. [e]
- Claude Manet [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Georges Clemanceau [r]: Add brief definition or description
- World War I [r]: (1914-1918) global war centered in Europe killing 7 million people, ending with an influenza pandemic that killed at least 50 million (1918-1920) and possibly as many as 100 million people. [e]
World War Two
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Contemporary: 1945-2008
- France [r]: Western European republic (population c. 64.1 million; capital Paris) extending across Europe from the English Channel in the north-west to the Mediterranean in the south-east; bounded by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra and Spain; founding member of the European Union. Colonial power in Southeast Asia until 1954. [e]