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Sarkozy: France's ex-president to face corruption trial |
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Sarkozy charged in connection with alleged Libyan funding
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Macron's party wins clear parliamentary majority |
| Jun.11 |
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Macron party set for big parliamentary win |
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France's Macron holds 'frank exchange' with Putin |
| May.14 |
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France inaugurates Emmanuel Macron as new president |
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Macron defeats Le Pen to become president Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has decisively won the French presidential election, defeating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen
Macron won by 66.06% to 33.94% to become, at 39, the country's youngest president and the first president from outside the two traditional main parties since the modern republic's foundation
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Macron condemns 'massive' hacking attack |
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French election: Macron 'most convincing' in final debate |
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Le Pen steps aside as National Front leader |
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Macron and Le Pen 'through to run-off' The centrist Emmanuel Macron will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a run-off for the French presidency, multiple projections indicate
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Israel-Palestinian conflict: France holds world summit |
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Francois Hollande decides not to run again |
| May.15 |
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French female ministers decry sexual harassment |
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COP21: Paris climate deal is 'best chance to save planet'
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COP21: Climate deal text 'agreed' in Paris |
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Russia says Turkey 'shot down plane for IS oil'
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COP21: Rallies call for Paris climate change action |
| Nov.20 |
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UN backs 'all necessary measures' against IS |
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Paris attacks: 'France will destroy IS' - Hollande |
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France declared national state of emergency |
| Aug.20 |
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French National Front expels founder Jean-Marie Le Pen
| Mar.22 |
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Sarkozy staves off surging National Front, exit polls suggest |
| Jan.17 |
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Charlie Hebdo: Niger protesters set churches on fire |
| Jan.13 |
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New issue Charlie Hebdo published |
| Jan.12 |
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Charlie Hebdo depicts Prophet Muhammad on cover |
| Jan.11 |
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Charlie Hebdo: Vast Paris rally for France unity
More than 40 world leaders joined the start of the march, linking arms in an act of solidarity. 'Paris is the capital of the world today,' Hollande...
| Jan.10 |
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World leaders gather for mass Paris rally |
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| Jul.1 |
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Sarkozy held over influence claims
| May.17 |
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Leaders declare 'war' on Boko Haram |
| Mar.30 |
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US-Russia deadlock on Ukraine crisis |
| Mar.5 |
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Top diplomats seek Ukraine solution |
| Jan.25 |
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Hollande confirms Trierweiler split |
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| Oct.21 |
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French fury over US spying claims |
| Sep.8 |
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Syria chemical arms: 'Global red line' crossed - Kerry |
| Jul.1 |
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Spying row threatens EU-US talks |
| Apr.23 |
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France approves gay marriage law |
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Sarkozy concedes to Hollande
| Apr.22 |
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Exit polls show Sarkozy 2nd in French vote |
| Jan.23 |
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Senate passes Armenian genocide bill |
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| Dec.15 |
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Chirac found guilty on corruption charges |
| Dec.5 |
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France, Germany outline fiscal pact |
| Oct.31 |
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UNESCO OKs Palestinian membership |
| Oct.16 |
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Hollande elected to face Sarkozy |
| Aug.16 |
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Leaders demand 'euro governance' |
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| Oct.27 |
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French Parliament OKs pension reform |
| Oct.22 |
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French Senate OKs pension changes |
| Sep.14 |
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French senate approves burqa ban |
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| Oct.8 |
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Culture minister admits sex with 'boys' |
| Jul.26 |
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Sarkozy hospitalized after jogging scare |
| Jan.29 |
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Huge crowds join French strikes |
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| Oct.11 |
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EU chiefs confront markets crisis |
| Oct.4 |
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No banks bail-out fund for Europe |
| Jul.12 |
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France hosts Mediterranean summit
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Syria, Lebanon to open embassies |
| Apr.7 |
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Princess Diana 'unlawfully killed'. London
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Olympic torch extinguished
| Apr.1 |
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Sarkozy pleads for Colombian hostage |
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| Sep.16 |
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France warning of war with Iran |
| Jun.17 |
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Sarkozy's allies won majority in elections |
| May.16 |
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Nicolas Sarkozy sworn in as new president |
| May.6 |
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Nicolas Sarkozy wins presidential election
He won a clear victory over Segolene Royal, gaining 53% of the vote. President-elect has called for unity after a bitterly-contested campaig...
| May.2 |
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Sarkozy, Royal spar in TV debate |
| Apr.22 |
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Sarkozy, Royal in presidential runoff |
| Jan.25 |
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Lebanon wins $7.6B aid package |
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| Oct.12 |
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French in Armenia 'genocide' row |
| Sep.23 |
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Probe into 'Bin Laden death' leak |
| Apr.10 |
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France to replace youth job law |
| Mar.31 |
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Unions reject Chirac 'compromise' |
| Mar.18 |
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Labor law protests turn violent |
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| Nov.15 |
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Lawmakers back new powers |
| Nov.8 |
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Government declared state of emergency |
| Nov.6 |
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Chirac vows to punish rioters |
| May.31 |
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Villepin named new PM |
| May.29 |
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French voters reject EU charter
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| Nov.10 |
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Arafat died The veteran Palestinian leader has died in a Paris hospital. There is no clear line of succession
| Nov.4 |
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Arafat 'in critical condition' |
| Oct.29 |
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Ailing Arafat arrives in Paris |
| Feb.10 |
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MPs back headscarf ban |
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| Dec.11 |
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Headscarf ban recommended |
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| Oct.5 |
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Paris mayor stabbed |
| Jul.14 |
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Chirac gunman 'is neo-Nazi' |
| May.5 |
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Chirac wins elections by a landslide |
| Apr.21 |
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Shock success for Le Pen |
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Vietnam War cease-fire signed
Map of The Peninsula Paris Paris France The Paris Peace Accords ended direct U.S. military combat, and temporarily stopped the fighting between North and South Vietnam | |
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Charles De Gaulle elected President of Fifth French Republic De Gaulle oversaw tough economic measures to revitalise the country and rebuffed both the United States and the Soviet Union | |
| Oct. 5, 1958 |
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The Stavisky riots in Paris
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League of Nations founded It was an intergovernmental organisation founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War | |
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Georges Clemenceau became Premier of France Unlike his predecessors, he discouraged internal disagreement and called for peace among the senior politicians | |
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Separation of church and state in France
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Emile Zola publishes J'accuse He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted officer Alfred Dreyfus
| Sep. 4, 1870 |
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Third Republic proclaimed in France The early days of the Third Republic were dominated by the Franco-Prussian War, which the Republic continued to wage
| Feb. 24, 1848 |
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King Louis Philippe abdicated
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Louis Napoleon elected President of Second Republic of France Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte was the first President of the French Second Republic and, as Napoleon III, the Emperor of the Second French Empire
| Aug. 7, 1830 |
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Louis Philippe accepted crown of France
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Holy Alliance between Russia, Austria, and Prussia A coalition created by the monarchist great powers of Russia, Austria and Prussia. It was created after the ultimate defeat of Napoleon
| Apr. 11, 1814 |
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Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated and Treaty of Fontainebleau signed
Map of Fontainebleau France In the Treaty of Fontainebleau, the victors exiled him to Elba, an island of 12,000 inhabitants in the Mediterranean
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Napoleon Bonaparte crowned Emperor by the Pope
He is crowned Napoleon I, the first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years. Pope Pius VII handed the crown
| Mar. 9, 1796 |
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Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine marry
| Jul. 28, 1794 |
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Maximilien Mavie Isidore Robespierre guillotined
Robespierre was a French lawyer and politician, and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution
| Oct. 16, 1793 |
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Marie Antoinette guillotined Born an Archduchess of Austria, was Dauphine of France from 1770 to 1774 and Queen of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1792
| Jan. 21, 1793 |
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Louis XVI guillotined
Map of Place de la R%E9volution Paris France He was tried by the National Convention, found guilty of high treason, and executed by as a desacralized French citizen known as 'Citizen Louis Capet'
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Declaration of the Rights of Man adopted Passed by France's National Constituent Assembly, is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human rights
| May. 5, 1789 |
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Estates General meet in France A general assembly representing the estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobles (Second Estate), and the common people (Third...
| Sep. 3, 1783 |
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Definitive Treaty of Paris signed ending American Revolution By representatives between Great Britain and the nations that supported the American cause: France, Spain and the Dutch Republic
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Mme. DuBarry becomes official mistress of Louis XV
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Peace of Paris ceded Canada to Britain Signed by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, after Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War
| Aug. 23, 1754 |
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Louis XVI born
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Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire born
| Oct. 18, 1685 |
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Edict of Nantes revoked by Louis XIV
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King Philip V of Spain born
| Dec. 4, 1642 |
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Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu died
| Sep. 5, 1638 |
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King Louis XIV born
| Nov. 25, 1616 |
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Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu becomes Secretary of State
| May. 14, 1610 |
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Henry IV of France assassinated
| Dec. 23, 1588 |
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Murder of Henry, Duke of Guise
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Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu born
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2013 |
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Syria chemical arms: 'Global red line' crossed - Kerry |
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2002 |
| Jul.14 |
Chirac gunman 'is neo-Nazi' |
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2007 |
| Jan.25 |
Lebanon wins $7.6B aid package |
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2017 |
| Jun.18 |
Macron's party wins clear parliamentary majority |
| Jun.11 |
Macron party set for big parliamentary win |
| May.7 |
Macron defeats Le Pen to become president Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has decisively won the French presidential election, defeating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen
Macron won by 66.06% to 33.94% to become, at 39, the country's youngest president and the first president from outside the two traditional main parties since the modern republic's foundation
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| May.5 |
Macron condemns 'massive' hacking attack |
| May.3 |
French election: Macron 'most convincing' in final debate |
| Apr.23 |
Macron and Le Pen 'through to run-off' The centrist Emmanuel Macron will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a run-off for the French presidency, multiple projections indicate
2016 |
| Dec.1 |
Francois Hollande decides not to run again |
2015 |
| Mar.22 |
Sarkozy staves off surging National Front, exit polls suggest |
2012 |
| May.6 |
Sarkozy concedes to Hollande
| Apr.22 |
Exit polls show Sarkozy 2nd in French vote |
2011 |
| Oct.16 |
Hollande elected to face Sarkozy |
2007 |
| Jun.17 |
Sarkozy's allies won majority in elections |
| May.6 |
Nicolas Sarkozy wins presidential election
He won a clear victory over Segolene Royal, gaining 53% of the vote. President-elect has called for unity after a bitterly-contested campaig...
| Apr.22 |
Sarkozy, Royal in presidential runoff |
2005 |
| May.29 |
French voters reject EU charter
2002 |
| May.5 |
Chirac wins elections by a landslide |
| Apr.21 |
Shock success for Le Pen |
1958 |
| Dec. 21, 1958 |
Charles De Gaulle elected President of Fifth French Republic De Gaulle oversaw tough economic measures to revitalise the country and rebuffed both the United States and the Soviet Union | |
1848 |
| Dec. 11, 1848 |
Louis Napoleon elected President of Second Republic of France Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte was the first President of the French Second Republic and, as Napoleon III, the Emperor of the Second French Empire
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2011 |
| Oct.31 |
UNESCO OKs Palestinian membership |
2005 |
| Nov.8 |
Government declared state of emergency |
1958 |
| Oct. 5, 1958 |
Constitution of Fifth French Republic It replaced that of the Fourth Republic dating from 1946. Charles de Gaulle was the main driving force in introducing the new constitution
1870 |
| Sep. 4, 1870 |
Third Republic proclaimed in France The early days of the Third Republic were dominated by the Franco-Prussian War, which the Republic continued to wage
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2015 |
| Dec.12 |
COP21: Paris climate deal is 'best chance to save planet'
| Dec.11 |
COP21: Climate deal text 'agreed' in Paris |
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2010 |
| Sep.14 |
French senate approves burqa ban |
2003 |
| Dec.11 |
Headscarf ban recommended |
1905 |
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| Dec. 9, 1905 |
Separation of church and state in France
1879 |
| Oct. 18, 1685 |
Edict of Nantes revoked by Louis XIV
1869 |
| Sep. 9, 1585 |
Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu born
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2006 |
| Apr.10 |
France to replace youth job law |
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2015 |
| Jan.13 |
New issue Charlie Hebdo published |
| Jan.12 |
Charlie Hebdo depicts Prophet Muhammad on cover |
2007 |
| May.2 |
Sarkozy, Royal spar in TV debate |
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2014 |
| Mar.5 |
Top diplomats seek Ukraine solution |
2007 |
| Sep.16 |
France warning of war with Iran |
2005 |
| Nov.6 |
Chirac vows to punish rioters |
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2014 |
| May.17 |
Leaders declare 'war' on Boko Haram |
2008 |
| Oct.11 |
EU chiefs confront markets crisis |
| Oct.4 |
No banks bail-out fund for Europe |
| Jul.12 |
France hosts Mediterranean summit
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2006 |
| Sep.23 |
Probe into 'Bin Laden death' leak |
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2017 |
| May.29 |
France's Macron holds 'frank exchange' with Putin |
2015 |
| Jan.10 |
World leaders gather for mass Paris rally |
2004 |
| Oct.29 |
Ailing Arafat arrives in Paris |
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2011 |
| Dec.5 |
France, Germany outline fiscal pact |
1973 |
| Jan. 27, 1973 |
Vietnam War cease-fire signed
Map of The Peninsula Paris Paris France The Paris Peace Accords ended direct U.S. military combat, and temporarily stopped the fighting between North and South Vietnam | |
1920 |
| Jan. 10, 1920 |
Treaty of Versailles ratified in Paris
1815 |
| Sep. 26, 1815 |
Holy Alliance between Russia, Austria, and Prussia A coalition created by the monarchist great powers of Russia, Austria and Prussia. It was created after the ultimate defeat of Napoleon
1889 |
| Sep. 3, 1783 |
Definitive Treaty of Paris signed ending American Revolution By representatives between Great Britain and the nations that supported the American cause: France, Spain and the Dutch Republic
1887 |
| Feb. 10, 1763 |
Peace of Paris ceded Canada to Britain Signed by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, after Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War
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1898 |
| Jan. 13, 1898 |
Emile Zola publishes J'accuse He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted officer Alfred Dreyfus
1889 |
| Aug. 26, 1789 |
Declaration of the Rights of Man adopted Passed by France's National Constituent Assembly, is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human rights
1880 |
| Nov. 21, 1694 |
Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire born
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2008 |
| Jul.12 |
Syria, Lebanon to open embassies |
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2017 |
| Jan.14 |
Israel-Palestinian conflict: France holds world summit |
2014 |
| Mar.30 |
US-Russia deadlock on Ukraine crisis |
2013 |
| Jul.1 |
Spying row threatens EU-US talks |
2011 |
| Aug.16 |
Leaders demand 'euro governance' |
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2018 |
| Mar.29 |
Sarkozy: France's ex-president to face corruption trial |
| Mar.21 |
Sarkozy charged in connection with alleged Libyan funding
2017 |
| May.14 |
France inaugurates Emmanuel Macron as new president |
| Apr.24 |
Le Pen steps aside as National Front leader |
2015 |
| Aug.20 |
French National Front expels founder Jean-Marie Le Pen
2014 |
| Jul.1 |
Sarkozy held over influence claims
| Jan.25 |
Hollande confirms Trierweiler split |
2011 |
| Dec.15 |
Chirac found guilty on corruption charges |
2009 |
| Oct.8 |
Culture minister admits sex with 'boys' |
| Jul.26 |
Sarkozy hospitalized after jogging scare |
2007 |
| May.16 |
Nicolas Sarkozy sworn in as new president |
2005 |
| May.31 |
Villepin named new PM |
2004 |
| Nov.4 |
Arafat 'in critical condition' |
2002 |
| Oct.5 |
Paris mayor stabbed |
1917 |
| Nov. 9, 1917 |
Georges Clemenceau became Premier of France Unlike his predecessors, he discouraged internal disagreement and called for peace among the senior politicians | |
1890 |
| Mar. 9, 1796 |
Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine marry
| Jul. 28, 1794 |
Maximilien Mavie Isidore Robespierre guillotined
Robespierre was a French lawyer and politician, and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution
1872 |
| Nov. 25, 1616 |
Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu becomes Secretary of State
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2008 |
| Apr.7 |
Princess Diana 'unlawfully killed'. London
1848 |
| Feb. 24, 1848 |
King Louis Philippe abdicated
1830 |
| Aug. 7, 1830 |
Louis Philippe accepted crown of France
1814 |
| Apr. 11, 1814 |
Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated and Treaty of Fontainebleau signed
Map of Fontainebleau France In the Treaty of Fontainebleau, the victors exiled him to Elba, an island of 12,000 inhabitants in the Mediterranean
1804 |
| Dec. 2, 1804 |
Napoleon Bonaparte crowned Emperor by the Pope
He is crowned Napoleon I, the first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years. Pope Pius VII handed the crown
1890 |
| Oct. 16, 1793 |
Marie Antoinette guillotined Born an Archduchess of Austria, was Dauphine of France from 1770 to 1774 and Queen of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1792
| Jan. 21, 1793 |
Louis XVI guillotined
Map of Place de la R%E9volution Paris France He was tried by the National Convention, found guilty of high treason, and executed by as a desacralized French citizen known as 'Citizen Louis Capet'
1887 |
| Apr. 22, 1769 |
Mme. DuBarry becomes official mistress of Louis XV
1886 |
| Aug. 23, 1754 |
Louis XVI born
1879 |
| Dec. 19, 1683 |
King Philip V of Spain born
1874 |
| Sep. 5, 1638 |
King Louis XIV born
1871 |
| May. 14, 1610 |
Henry IV of France assassinated
1869 |
| Dec. 23, 1588 |
Murder of Henry, Duke of Guise
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2015 |
| Nov.29 |
COP21: Rallies call for Paris climate change action |
| Jan.17 |
Charlie Hebdo: Niger protesters set churches on fire |
| Jan.11 |
Charlie Hebdo: Vast Paris rally for France unity
More than 40 world leaders joined the start of the march, linking arms in an act of solidarity. 'Paris is the capital of the world today,' Hollande...
2009 |
| Jan.29 |
Huge crowds join French strikes |
2008 |
| Apr.7 |
Olympic torch extinguished
2006 |
| Mar.18 |
Labor law protests turn violent |
1934 |
| Feb. 6, 1934 |
The Stavisky riots in Paris
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2015 |
| Nov.13 |
France declared national state of emergency |
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2013 |
| Apr.23 |
France approves gay marriage law |
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2016 |
| May.15 |
French female ministers decry sexual harassment |
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2004 |
| Nov.10 |
Arafat died The veteran Palestinian leader has died in a Paris hospital. There is no clear line of succession
1875 |
| Dec. 4, 1642 |
Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu died
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2012 |
| Jan.23 |
Senate passes Armenian genocide bill |
2010 |
| Oct.27 |
French Parliament OKs pension reform |
| Oct.22 |
French Senate OKs pension changes |
2006 |
| Oct.12 |
French in Armenia 'genocide' row |
2005 |
| Nov.15 |
Lawmakers back new powers |
2004 |
| Feb.10 |
MPs back headscarf ban |
1889 |
| May. 5, 1789 |
Estates General meet in France A general assembly representing the estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobles (Second Estate), and the common people (Third...