France By ellie_va Period: 1814 to 1824 King Louis XVIII of France 1815 Defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo Period: 1824 to 1830 King Charles X of France Period: 1830 to 1848 King Louis Philippe of France Period: 1848 to 1852 Louis Napoleon as President of the Second French Republic Period: 1852 to 1870 Louis Napoleon as Napoleon III of the Second French Empire Period: 1870 to 1940 Third French Republic Period: Jul 19, 1870 to May 10, 1871 Franco-Prussian War Period: Mar 18, 1871 to May 28, 1871 Paris Commune 1894 Alfred Dreyfus convicted of treason in France