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Crowned Emperor Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned as Napoleon I, he was the frist Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thosand years. Pope Pius VII handed Napoleon the crown that the 35-year-old conqueror of Europe placed on his own head. -
Most Important Bicycle Race
This race lasted for 24 hours, and the first race was through the night. World Wars canceled only 11 races , there was only 60 men in the very first race. The 60 men wheelmen were united by the challage of embarking unprecedented text of endurance. They also wanted the race to be 1,500 miles clockwise loop of the country running from Paris. -
France and Germany World War I
France and Germany has declared war to each other, Germany had also declared war to Russia two days after declaring war to France. As the great powers of Europe readied their navies and armies to fight and no one was prepared for a long time struggle. They were also hoping that the conflict was going to be over when they wanted to by it wasn't, it kept going. -
Treaty of Versaille
The Treaty of Versaille is what ended World War I to have peace in France. It also ended the state pf war between Germany and the Allied Powers . When the Treaty was signed it was exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. -
Germany invade France
Germany had invaded France during World War II and France, Britain, and the U.S and other allies had defeated Germany, Japan, and Italy. Four days had only passed in the invasion and German troops crossed the Meuse River, and had already broken through the French lines. The British had a loss of around 4,000 refugees, and they had also bombed the fleet, and killed 1,600 people. -
Charles DeGaulle
DeGaulle was elected for president for the Fifth Republic. Then he is reelected on 1965. Charles was a french soldier, writer, statesman, and architect of France’s Fifth Republic. De Gaulle was the second son of a Roman Catholic, patriotic, and nationalist upper-middle-class family. De Gaulle was an intelligent, hardworking, and zealous young soldier and, in his military career, a man of original mind, great self-assurance, and outstanding courage. -
The War of Algeria’s Independence
The whole Mediterranean region of Algeria was administered as an integral part of France.The vast arid interior of Algeria, like the rest of French North Africa, was never considered part of France. Algeria became a destination for hundreds of thousands of European immigrants. Tensions between the two population groups came to a head in 1954, when the first violent events of what was later called the Algerian War began. The war concluded in 1962. -
Francois Mitterrand elected President
In the first round of voting on 26 April 1981, a political spectrum often candidates stood for election, and the leading two candidates.Mitterrand and his Socialist Party received 51.76% of the vote, while Giscard and his Union for French Democracy trailed with about 48.24%, a margin of 1,065,956 votes. He is in office for 14 years, becoming the longest-serving president in French history. -
Edith Cresson
Her political career later ended in scandal when she was the European Commissioner for Research, Science, and Technology.Cresson was appointed to the prime ministerial post by President François Mitterrand on 15 May 1991. She soon became strongly unpopular among the electorate and had to leave office after less than one year. She spent the shortest time in office of any Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic so far.
