This is a timeline of French history, comprising important legal changes and political events in France and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see
History of France
The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age. What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as Gaul. The first writings on indigenous populations mainly start in the first century BC. Gree ...
. See also the
list of Frankish kings
The Franks, Germanic-speaking peoples that invaded the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, were first led by individuals called dukes and reguli. The earliest group of Franks that rose to prominence was the Salian Merovingians, who co ...
,
French monarchs
France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the Kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions.
Classical French historiography usually regards Clovis I () as the fir ...
, and
presidents of France
The president of France is the head of state of France. The first officeholder is considered to be Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, who was elected in 1848 and provoked the 1851 self-coup to later proclaim himself emperor as Napoleon III. His coup, ...
.
5th century
6th century
7th century
8th century
9th century
10th century
11th century
12th century
13th century
14th century
15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
21st century
See also
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History of French foreign relations The History of French foreign relations covers French diplomacy and foreign relations down to 1980. For the more recent developments, see Foreign relations of France.
Valois and Bourbon France 1453–1789
Franco-Ottoman alliance
The Franco-Otto ...
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History of France
The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age. What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as Gaul. The first writings on indigenous populations mainly start in the first century BC. Gree ...
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:Timelines of cities in France
References
Bibliography
In English
* Langer, William. ''An Encyclopedia of World History'' (5th ed. 1973); highly detailed outline of event
online free* Morris, Richard B. and Graham W. Irwin, eds. ''Harper Encyclopedia of the Modern World: A Concise Reference History from 1760 to the Present'' (1970
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* Echard, William E. ''Historical Dictionary of the French Second Empire, 1852–1870'' (1985)
* Hutton, Patrick H. and Amy J. Staples, et al. ''Historical Dictionary of the Third French Republic, 1870–1940'' (2 vol 1986)
* Northcutt, M. Wayne. ''Historical Dictionary of the French Fourth and Fifth Republics, 1946–1991'' (1992)
* Kibler, et al. ''Medieval France: An Encyclopedia'' (1995)
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External links
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France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...