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Revolution
The revolution abolished of the French monarchy and established a democratic republic that became increasingly authoritarian and militaristic.
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First Republic
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Execution of Louis XVI
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Jacobins Reign of Terror
A period of violence caused by the French Revolution. It was incited by conflict between two rival political factions, the Girondins and The Mountain, and was marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution". 16,594 were executed by guillotine and another 25,000 more in other executions across France. -
Marie Antoinette Executed
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Rise of Napoleon
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First Empire
The empire of Napoleon Bonaparte of France. He became the dominant power in much of continental Europe. -
Napoleon Becomes Emperor
On May 18, 1804, Napoleon made himself emperor and Josephine Empress. His coronation was December 2, 1804 and took place in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. -
Fall of Napoleon
Napoleon tried to attack Russia... in winter. Yea, no. -
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Bourbon Restoration
The period after the fall of Napoleon in 1814 until the July Revolution. The brothers of executed Louis XVI of France reigned in highly conservative fashion, and those who were exiled, returned. -
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Orleanist Monarchy
Seen as a transitional period dominated by the conservative Orleanist doctrine in economic and foreign policies. The faction was comprised of many liberals and intellectuals who wanted to restore the monarchy as a constitutional monarchy with limited powers for the king and most power in the hands of parliament. -
Revolution
This revolution saw the overthrow of King Charles X, the Bourbon monarch, and allowed the rise of his cousin Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orleans. -
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Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte Becomes President
He becomes the very first President of France to be elected by a direct popular vote, but only for a short time. -
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Second Republic
The republican government of France from the 1848 Revolution to the 1851 coup by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte which started the Second Empire. It adopted the motto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité. -
Revolution
This revolution ended the Orleans monarchy and led to the creation of the Second French Republic. -
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Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte Becomes Emperor
He was the first President of France to be elected by a direct popular vote. The Constitution and Parliament prevented him from running for a second term, so he organized a coup d'état in 1851 and took the throne on 2 December 1852. He is still the longest-serving French head of state since the French Revolution. -
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Third Republic
The system of government adopted in France from 1870 until 1940 when France's defeat by Nazi Germany in World War II led to the creation of the Vichy government. -
Eiffel Tower Lifts Begin Service
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Germany Declared War on France Starting WW1
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France Declares War on Germany Starting WW2
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Establishment of the UN
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Fourth Republic
It was governed by the fourth republican constitution and pretty much a revival of the Third Republic with the same problems. -
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Second Empire
The Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870, between the Second and Third Republic. -
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Fifth Republic
The new constitution greatly increased the President's powers.In the Third and Fourth Republics, the office of President was mostly ceremonial and generally powerless. -
Creation of the EU
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Transition to the Euro
France, as a founding member of the European Union, abandoned the franc and adopted the euro. -
Law Passed Against "Face Covering"
A law was created to ban face covering in public by the Senate of France. The law is known to target the burqa and the niqab. President Sarkozy declared them "not welcome" in France. -
Paris Terrorist Attacks
Three suicide bombers targeted the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. They began suicide bombings and mass shootings at cafés, restaurants and a music venue in central Paris, killing 130 people and injuring hundreds of others.