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Timeline
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(1804) Napoleon crowned Emperor of France
(1815) Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo
(1830) The French Revolution (or July Revolution) middle class revolt, King Charles X forced out.
(1832) Cholera epidemics
(1848) Founding of Second Republic
(1851) Coup d'etat instigated by Louis Napoleon
(1852) Louis Napoleon III crowned Emperor
(1870-71) Alsace-Lorraine regions lost to Germany; Napoleon III overthrown
(1875) Third Republic begins
(1889) Eiffel tower built
(1905) Church and State now operate separately
(1914-18) World War I rages; massive casualties in northeast France
(1919) Peace Treaty of Versailles
(1929-39) The Great Depression
(1939-45) World War II; much of France is occupied by Germany. Allied forces land at Normandy; France and much of Europe is liberated
(1946-58) Fourth Republic formed; the European reconstruction period
(1954) Algerian War of Independence begins
(1956) French colonial rule ends in North Africa
(1958) President de Gaulle begins Fifth Republic
(1962) End of Algerian war
(1968) Massive student revolts; national strike
(1969) Georges Pompidou elected President
(1969) Charles de Gaulle dies
(1974) Pompidou dies; Giscard d'Estaing elected President of the Republic
(1981) Socialist Candidate Francois Mitterrand becomes President of the French Republic
(1986) Jacques Chirac is appointed Prime Minister
(1988) Francois Mitterand is re-elected President of the Republic
(1991) Edith Cresson first woman Prime Minister
(1992) The French ratify Maastricht Treaty; the European Union (or EU) formed, the euro is created
(1995) Jacques Chirac is elected President of the Republic; Alain Juppe the Prime Minister; France conducts nuclear tests in Pacific Ocean
(1997) Lionel Jospin is named Prime Minister. Amsterdam Treaty is signed.
(2002) Euro officially replaces French Franc; Jacques Chirac re-elected
(2002) November strike paralyzes country
(2003) Severe heat wave; record high temperatures with over 11,000 dead, mostly the elderly
(2005) Immigrant population stages violent urban riots across the country
(2006) France finishes second in FIFA World Cup
(FRANCE TIMELINE)
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