What is France's 10 most historical events?

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Rillifane

1. The Roman conquest of Gallia. (121-51 B.C.E.) The incorporation of what is now France into the Roman sphere brought the Latin language and Rome's civilization to the Celtic tribes forever altering their culture and mores.

2. Battle of Tours (732 C.E.) The defeat of the invading Muslim armies by Charles Martel saved France and Western Europe from the baleful influences of Islam.

3. Death of Louis the Pious and the division of the Frankish Empire (20 June 840 C.E.) Louis divided his Kingdom into three parts which roughly corresponded to modern France and German with a narrow strip running from the North Sea into Italy (sometimes called Lotharingia). The history of western Europe for more than a millennium would be affected by the struggle of France and the German states to resolve the ownership of Lotharingia.

4. Norman conquest of England (1066) The anomalous position of a vassal of the King of France becoming the King of England would take centuries to resolve.

5. Death of King Philip IV (1314 C.E.) The dynastic turmoil that resulted from the death of the last direct male heir of the Capetian kings was the cause of the Hundred Years War when combined with item 4 above.

6. The Edict of Nantes (13 April 1598) King Henry IV, whose conversion from Calvinism to Catholicism allowed him to ascend the throne, issued this decree of religious toleration which marks the end of the French Wars of Religion (1562 - 1598).

7. The French Revolution and the rise and fall of Napoleon (1789 - 1815) The French Revolution and its development into a military dictatorship (albeit a very progressive one) would influence not only French political thinking but that of the world for generations to come.

8. The Franco Prussian War (19 July 1870â€”10 May 1871) The loss of Alsace-Lorraine to the newly created German Reich would be the a cause of war twice in the following century. The creation of the Third Republic and the suppression of the Paris Commune dictated the attitudes and alternatives in French politics even to this day.

9. World War I (August 1914 - November 11, 1918) Over 5 million casualites, the destruction of an entire generation of young men, spelled the beginning of the end of France as one of the dominant world powers. It changed French focus from Bergsonian illusions about the military value of the Ã©lan vital to the defensive posture of the Maginot line.

10. World War II (September 1, 1939 - September 2, 1945 ) France continues to struggle with the question of its performance in World War II. The fact of the collaboration of many and the relatively small numbers who were active in the Resistance still gnaws at many people. It is reflected in the impulse of some to dislike America (with its self described role as savior) more than Germany (whose bestial behavior received help from an uncomfortably large number of Frenchmen).

olivelolive

From our recent history to the oldest

1970 end of the colonization
May 1968 Event in Paris (and in the rest of France)
1939-1944 start and end of the WWII (for Europe)
1914-1918 start and end of the WWI
1870 lost of the Alsace and Lorraine
start of the XIX begin of the industrial revolution in France
1804-1815 Napoleon's reign
1804 publication of the Napoleonic code
1792 start of the parliamentary republic
1789 Bastille day
XVIII Age of Enlightenment
1643-1715 Louis XIV is the king of France
1589-1610 Henri IV is the king of France
1520-1598 Religious war
1337-1453 the hundred years war
1226-1270 Louis IX is the king of France
768-814 Charlemagne is the king of France
481-511 Clovis is the King of France
428-448 Clodio could be consider as the first French king

France is consider as the oldest European country since the 5th century a country exist with the name of France or Kingdom of France
You may add more events to the French history as the crusades or the different republic.

Cabal

800 - Charlemagne crowned Emperor
1431- Burning Joan of Arc
1515 - Marignan battle
1562-1598 - Religion wars
1789 - Revolution
1799-1815 - 6 consecutive wars against the whole of Europe - lost the 7th one. Oh, yes. Napoleon
1830 - Revolution
1870 - Franco Prussian war. Lost. A chunk of France is stolen by the Prussians.
1914-1918 - WWI. Won. The stolen chunk of France is taken back.
1939-1945 - WWII. Lost. Then took part in fight to win it (FFL in 1941, Allied French army created in 1942, 1,300,000 men by the end of the war).

FXÃ ;;

The French Revolution and everything that happened in it like the King Louis XVI &Marie-Antoinette's death under the guillotine, Robspierre death under the guillotine, the 100 Days, etc.

zafir

742-814 Charlemagne extends the boundaries of the kingdom and is crowned Home Roman Emperor (Emperor of the West)

1066 the Duke of Normandy William the Conqueror and his army occupy England and therefore becomes a rival of the French King

1095 Pope Urban II preaches the First Crusade in Clermont=Ferrand, which made France a leader in subsequent Crusades

1309 the French-born Pope, Clement V, moves his papal headquarters from Rome to Avignon, where the Holy See remained for the next 60 years.

1337-1453 the Hundred Years War between France and England

1643-1715 The Sun King (Roi Soleil) Louis XIV moves his royal court from Paris to the great palace at Versailles

1789-94 French Revolution, begins with the storming of the Bastille and leads to the beheading of the French monarchy and aristocracy, and the Reign of Terror

1799-1815 Napoleon Bonaparte takes over France and crowns himself Emperor

1858 Bernadette Soubirous see visions of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, a town which later becomes one of the worlds great pilgrimage sites

1903 the first Tour de France is held

Well, that's 10 historical events, and the list is endless. Suggest, if you want more information, you do some research.

Austerlitz

@rilifan : yes BUT...
don't replace the myth of "all French resisted" by another myth "all French collaborated". The ACTIVE collaboration was made by a minority (like the ACTIVE RÃ©sistance).

ilovecheer

fall of the bastille ? maybe
the tennis court oath
the Declaration of the rights of man being written
the execution of louis the 14? or some other number
entering ww1 and 2
Napoleon taking power

Moby

Why would you take the time to ask this question then wait for an answer
rather than just go look it up yourself? Quit being lazy and use Google.
http://www.google.com/

introyble

1 without a doubt we be saving the art treasures during ww2

GGGUnit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--EYHxZu5yU&feature=PlayList&p=16DF54BF9CAB80C7&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=2

Rebellaugh

They gave the USA the Statue of Liberty
Marie Antoinette said," Let them eat cake"
French Revolution, chopped off M.A.'s head
Hitler kicked their butts
They denied the USA air-space during the Gulf war
They invented chicken cordon blu
I think they invented Bearnaise sauce
Champagne can only come from that certain part of France
French toast?

Shelly's Fantasy

Marie Antoinette's beheading
Revolution
Art
Effiel Tower
Notre Dame

Jay

when peppy le pu took france over and losing all NINE wars :P CCCC kosovo is serbia :)

195001

losing all 10 wars

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