Clovis I becomes King of the Western Franks upon the death of Childeric I.

Tags: Frankish Kingdom, Merovingian Dynasty, Monarchy, Succession, Germanic Tribes, Clovis I

Northern Gaul is united under the Frankish King Clovis I, founder of the Merovingian dynasty.

Tags: Frankish Kingdom, Clovis I, Merovingian Dynasty, Kingdom Formation, Political Unification, Frankish Empire

Battle of Tolbiac. King Clovis subjugates the Alamanni, and is baptized Christian with a large number of Franks by Remigius, bishop of Reims.

Tags: Frankish Kingdom, Christianity, Conversion, Roman Empire, Germanic Tribes

Pepin dies; Charles becomes king at Noyan and his brother Carloman becomes king at Soissons.

Tags: Carolingian Dynasty, Frankish Kingdom, Succession, Monarchy, Medieval Europe, Political Division

On Christmas Day, Charlemagne is crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III.

Tags: Holy Roman Empire, Charlemagne, Catholicism, Carolingian Dynasty, Emperor, Church and State

Charlemagne dies in the city of Aachen.

Tags: Charlemagne, Holy Roman Empire, Carolingian Dynasty, Frankish Kingdom, Emperor, Succession, Political Leadership

Death of Louis the Pious.

Tags: Carolingian Dynasty, Holy Roman Empire, Succession, Frankish Empire, Medieval Politics, European History, Fragmentation

The Carolingian Empire is at its height in territory and area. The three sons of Louis the Pious reach an agreement known as the Treaty of Verdun and ...

Tags: Treaty, Carolingian Empire, Succession, Fragmentation

The Carolingian Empire declines and falls after the death of Charles the Fat.

Tags: Carolingian Dynasty, Empire, Decline and Fall, Fragmentation, Succession, Political Instability, Feudalism

The Viking Rollo granted County of Rouen by France: official foundation of Normandy.

Tags: Vikings, Middle Ages, Feudalism, Treaty, Political Settlement

Robert II of France invades the Duchy of Burgundy, then ruled by Otto-William, Duke of Burgundy; the initial invasion is unsuccessful, but Robert II e...

Tags: French Monarchy, Feudalism, Territorial Expansion, Royal Power, Church and State, Burgundy

– William I of England commissioned the Norman monk William of Jumièges to extend the Gesta Normannorum Ducum chronicle.

Tags: Middle Ages, Normans, Historiography, William the Conqueror

Pope Urban II calls upon Western Europeans to take up the cross and reclaim the Holy Lands, officially commencing the First Crusade.

Tags: Crusades, Religious Warfare, Catholicism, Holy Land, Middle Ages, Pilgrimage, Islam, Christianity, Medieval Europe

On December 25, Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned as the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

Tags: Crusades, Kingdom of Jerusalem, Holy Land, Monarchy, Middle Ages, Religion

In July, the Treaty of Alton is signed between Henry I of England and his older brother Robert, Duke of Normandy in which Robert agrees to recognize H...

Tags: Medieval England, Succession, Treaty, Royal Authority, Feudalism

On December 25, St. Norbert and 29 companions make their solemn vows in Premontre, France, establishing the Premonstratensian Order.

Tags: Catholicism, Religious Orders, Monasticism, Middle Ages, Christianity, Church History

1138: Papal schism, Pope Innocent II vs. Antipope Anacletus II.

Tags: Catholicism, Schism, Middle Ages, Religious Conflict, Church History

Suger begins rebuilding the abbey church at St Denis north of Paris, which is regarded as the first major Gothic building.

Tags: Middle Ages, Religious Architecture, Art History

On July 22, the future King Louis VII of France marries Eleanor, the Duchess of Aquitaine.

Tags: Marriage, Monarchy, Angevin Empire, Political Alliance, Nobility

The Albigensian Crusade is declared by Pope Innocent III.

Tags: Crusades, Catholicism, Heresy, Religious Conflict, Medieval Europe

Treaty of Paris is signed between Louis IX and Henry III

Tags: Treaty, Angevin Empire, Diplomacy, Territorial Disputes

1274: Second Council of Lyon attempts to unite the churches of the Eastern Roman Empire with the Church of Rome.

Tags: Catholicism, Eastern Orthodox Church, Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages, Ecumenism, Council

1314: The Trials of the Knights Templar. The Knights Templar arrested and tried. Jacques de Molay, the last grand master of the Templars, is executed ...

Tags: Religious Violence, Catholicism, Medieval Europe, Heresy, Trial, Power Struggle

1377: The Avignon papacy transfers the seat of the Popes from Italy to France.

Tags: Catholicism, Schism, Middle Ages, Western Christianity, Political Intrigue, Religious Authority

The Great Schism of the West splits the Catholic Church, eventually leading to three simultaneous popes and not resolved until 1417.

Tags: Catholicism, Schism, Religion

9 January – Pretrial investigations for Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France under English occupation.

Tags: Hundred Years' War, Joan of Arc, Trial, Religious Violence, Catholicism, Military Leadership

Joan of Arc is posthumously acquitted of heresy by the Catholic Church, redeeming her status as the heroine of France.

Tags: Joan of Arc, Catholicism, Heresy, Hundred Years' War, Middle Ages, Sainthood

Ascension of Francis I of France as King of France following the death of Louis XII.

Tags: French Monarchy, Renaissance, Succession, Francis I, Monarchy, French History

The Treaty of London was a non-aggression pact between the major European nations. The signatories were Burgundy, France, England, the Holy Roman Empi...

Tags: Treaty, Diplomacy, Renaissance, European Politics, Balance of Power, International Relations, Burgundy

Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes on May 2.Europe at the time of the accession of Charles V in 1519

Tags: Renaissance, Death, Charles V, Art, Painting, Sculpture, Leonardo da Vinci, High Renaissance

Giovanni da Verrazzano is the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between South Carolina and Newfoundland.

Tags: Exploration, Age of Discovery, Cartography

Jacques Cartier claims Canada for France.

Tags: Exploration, Colonization, Colonialism, French Empire, New France, North American History, Political Expansion

Affair of the Placards, where King Francis I becomes more active in repression of French Protestants.

Tags: Christianity, Francis I, Religious Violence, Catholicism, Huguenots, Religious Conflict

Francis I dies in the Château de Rambouillet on 31 March at the age of 52.

Tags: French Monarchy, Francis I, French History, Royal Death, Renaissance, Succession, European History

Jeanne d'Albret declares Calvinism the official religion of Navarre.

Tags: Navarre, Huguenots, Christianity, Religious Reform, French Wars of Religion, Religious Politics

Jeanne d'Albret dies aged 43 and is succeeded by Henry of Navarre.

Tags: Succession, Huguenots, French Wars of Religion, Monarchy, Navarre, Religious Conflict

The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands, a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands, the Austrian Netherlands and Belgiu...

Tags: Political Unification, Union, Habsburgs, Rebellion, Regionalism

Gregorian calendar is introduced in Europe by Pope Gregory XIII and adopted by Catholic countries.

Tags: Calendar, Astronomy, Catholicism, Timekeeping, Christianity, Religious Authority, Renaissance

Catherine de' Medici dies at aged 69.

Tags: French Monarchy, Renaissance, Religious Wars, Monarchy

The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.

Tags: Huguenots, Henry IV, Religious Tolerance, French Wars of Religion, Catholicism, Religious Freedom, Christianity, Counter-Reformation

King Henry IV of France is assassinated by François Ravaillac.

Tags: Assassination, Monarchy, French History, Political Instability, Religious Conflict

1642: As chief minister, Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.

Tags: Monarchy, Absolutism, French History

Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul is formed.

Tags: Catholicism, Religious Orders, Charity, Social Reform, Philanthropy

Mechanical calculator. The Pascaline is built by Blaise Pascal.

Tags: Mathematics, Blaise Pascal, Scientific Revolution, Mechanical Devices

Louis XIV is crowned King of France. He reigned over the Kingdom of France until his death in 1715, making his reign the longest of any monarch in his...

Tags: Monarchy, French Monarchy, Absolutism, King, Louis XIV, Succession

The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War and marks the ends of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire as major European p...

Tags: Peace Treaty, Thirty Years' War, Eighty Years' War, Sovereignty, Balance of Power, Diplomacy, Religious Tolerance, Holy Roman Empire

Cardinal Mazarin, de facto ruler of France, dies.

Tags: French Monarchy, Louis XIV, Royal Authority, Absolutism, Succession, Regency

Blaise Pascal invents a horse-drawn public bus which has a regular route, schedule, and fare system.

Tags: Transportation, Public Transit, Urbanization, Blaise Pascal, Infrastructure

France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.

Tags: Colonialism, French Colonization, New France, French Empire, Royal Authority, Governance, Louis XIV

The Treaty of Nijmegen ends various interconnected wars among France, the Dutch Republic, Spain, Brandenburg, Sweden, Denmark, the Prince-Bishopric of...

Tags: Treaty, Warfare, Diplomacy, Balance of Power, Dutch Republic, Holy Roman Empire, Louis XIV, Conflicts

Pressure-cooker: Invented by Denis Papin.

La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.

Tags: Exploration, French Colonization, Louisiana, New France, Colonialism

Chateau de Versailles becomes the primary royal residence of Louis XIV; Saint-Gobain produced glass for the Hall of Mirrors.

Tags: French Monarchy, Louis XIV, Baroque, Architecture, Art History, Glassmaking, Royal Court, French History

Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies.

Tags: Religious Violence, Christianity, Huguenots, Absolutism, Counter-Reformation

Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.

Tags: Revolution, Foreign Relations, Colonialism, Diplomacy

1717: One Thousand and One Nights translated into French by Antoine Galland. The work becomes immensely popular throughout Europe.

Tags: Literature, Translation, French Literature, Cultural Exchange, Folklore, Storytelling

The Treaty of Utrecht until War of the Spanish Succession ended after treaties of Rastatt and Baden were established in 1913 after a new British Gover...

Tags: Treaty, Warfare, Succession, Diplomacy, European History, Balance of Power, Spanish Empire

Louis XIV dies, leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt; The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans.

Tags: French Monarchy, Regency, Louis XIV, Succession, European History

The Netherlands, Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance.

Tags: Alliance, Diplomacy, International Relations, European History, Political Alliances, War of the Quadruple Alliance

Hippolyte et Aricie, first opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau

Tags: Opera, Baroque, Music, Theatre, Performance Arts

Letters Concerning the English Nation by Voltaire published in French.

Tags: Enlightenment, Literature, Philosophy, Voltaire, Satire, Freedom of Speech

Jacques de Vaucanson perfects the first precision lathe

Tags: Precision Engineering, Industrial Revolution, Mechanical Engineering

1785: The French Encyclopédie

Tags: Enlightenment, Knowledge, Scientific Revolution, Philosophy, Intellectual History

The Treaty of Pondicherry ends the Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.

Tags: Treaty, Colonialism, British Empire, French East India Company, Carnatic Wars, Political Settlement

Candide by Voltaire

Tags: Literature, Enlightenment, Satire, French Literature, Voltaire, Social Commentary

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot invents the first steam-powered vehicle capable of carrying passengers, an early car.

Tags: Steam Engine, Automobile, Transportation, Industrial Revolution

Steamboat invented by Claude de Jouffroy

Tags: Transportation, Steam Power

Franco-American alliance signed.

Tags: American Revolution, Diplomacy, International Relations, Warfare, Treaty

Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Tags: Literature, Novel, French Literature, Epistolary Novel, Social Commentary, Enlightenment

Claude de Jouffroy builds the first steamboat.

Tags: Steam Power, Transportation, French Revolution

Joseph-Ralf and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier build the first manned hot air balloon.

Tags: Aeronautics, Flight, Transportation

Louis-Sébastien Lenormand invents and uses the first modern parachute.

Tags: Flight

The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American Revolutionary War.

Tags: American Revolution, Treaties, Diplomacy, Independence, Warfare, Nationalism

Argand lamp invented by Aimé Argand

Tags: Industrial Revolution, Lighting

First French Quaker community established in Congénies.

Tags: Religious History, Religious Freedom, Christianity, Social Movements

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen adopted.

Tags: French Revolution, Human Rights, Enlightenment, Natural Rights, Liberty, Equality

Claude Chappe invents the modern semaphore telegraph.

Tags: Communication, Telegraphy, French Revolution

Former King Louis XVI of France and his wife Marie Antoinette are guillotined. Louis is executed in January, Marie Antoinette in October.

Tags: French Revolution, Regicide, Monarchy, Republic, Radicalism

Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ends over 1,000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.

Tags: Napoleon Bonaparte, French Revolution, Republic, Annexation, Political Transition, European History

The first paper machine is invented by Louis-Nicolas Robert.

Tags: Paper, Printing, Industrial Revolution, Manufacturing, Communication, Mass Production

Coup of 18 Brumaire - Napoleon's coup d'etat brings the end of the French Revolution.

Tags: Coup d'état, French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte, Military, Dictatorship, Consulate

Napoleon stages a coup d'état and becomes First Consul of France.

Tags: French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte, Coup d'état, Consulate, Dictatorship

Napoleon and Pope Pius VII sign the Concordat of 1801 in Paris.

Tags: Napoleon Bonaparte, Catholicism, Religious Freedom

The United States almost doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America in the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the Amer...

Tags: Westward Expansion, Territorial Acquisition, Manifest Destiny, American History, Diplomacy, Geopolitics, Thomas Jefferson

Joseph Marie Jacquard develops his automated Jacquard loom.

Tags: Industrial Revolution, Textile Industry, Automation, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering

Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.

Tags: Independence, Revolution, Colonialism, French Revolution, Toussaint Louverture, Self-determination

Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.

Tags: Napoleon Bonaparte, French Empire, Coronation, French Revolution, Monarchy, European History, Imperialism

Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.

Tags: Holy Roman Empire, Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon Bonaparte, German Confederation, Political Transformation, European History, Sovereignty

Napoleon makes brother Joseph Bonaparte king of Naples & brother Louis Bonaparte king of Holland.

Tags: Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleonic Wars, French Empire, Monarchy, European Politics, Political Restructuring, Imperialism

Nicéphore Niépce invents an early internal combustion engine capable of doing useful work.

Tags: Industrial Revolution, Engine, Mechanization, Energy

First treaty of Tilsit: Russia allies with France against Britain in the War of the Fourth Coalition

Tags: Napoleonic Wars, Treaty, Alliance, Diplomacy, Napoleon Bonaparte

Second treaty of Tilsit: Napoleon reorganizes Eastern Europe; rump Prussia becomes ally.

Tags: Napoleonic Wars, Treaty, Diplomacy, Napoleon Bonaparte, Geopolitics, Alliances

Napoleon invades the Papal States and adds it to French Empire, making his young son the King of Rome.

Tags: Napoleonic Wars, French Empire, Catholicism, Annexation, Political Intrigue, European History, Expansionism, Continental System

Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.

Tags: Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleonic Wars, Teutonic Order, Holy Roman Empire, Territorial Changes, German History, Political Reform, Military Occupation

Pope Pius VII excommunicates Napoleon and is later imprisoned at Savon.

Tags: Catholicism, Napoleon Bonaparte, Excommunication, French Empire, Napoleonic Wars, Religious Conflict

Nicolas Appert invents the canning process for food.

Tags: Industrial Revolution, Logistics

Abraham-Louis Breguet creates the first wristwatch.

Tags: Luxury Goods

Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.

Tags: Napoleon Bonaparte, French Empire, Abdication, Exile, Monarchy, Coalition Wars, European History, Political Transition

The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. Reaction and conservatism dominate all of Europe. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this set...

Tags: Restoration, Conservatism, Nationalism, Liberalism, Geopolitics, European History

Dandy horse/velocipede bicycle invented.

Tags: Transportation, Mechanical Engineering

René Laennec invents the first Stethoscope.

Tags: Medicine, Medical Technology, Scientific Innovation, French History, Healthcare

Théodore Géricault paints his masterpiece The Raft of the Medusa, and exhibits it in the French Salon of 1819 at the Louvre.

Tags: French Art, Romanticism, Painting, Realism, French Revolution

Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena.

Tags: Napoleon Bonaparte, Exile, French Empire, European History, Leadership, Legacy

Nicéphore Niépce invents Heliography, the first photographic process.

Tags: Photography, Visual Arts

Nicéphore Niépce invents photography.

Tags: Photography, Visual Arts

Louis Braille invents the Braille reading system for the blind.

Tags: Literacy, Education, Social Impact

July Revolution in France.

Tags: Revolution, Monarchy, Constitutionalism, Liberalism

Hector Berlioz issues "Symphonie fantastique", an early highlist of Romanticism

Tags: Romanticism, Classical Music, Symphony, Orchestra, Artistic Innovation, Musical Composition

September laws restrict freedom of press, in France.

Tags: Censorship, Government, Freedom of Speech, Media

Edmond Becquerel invents a method for the photovoltaic effect, effectively producing the first solar cell.

Tags: Physics, Energy

Louis Daguerre invents daguerreotype photography.

Tags: Photography, Visual Arts, Communication

Kingdom of Belgium declared.

Tags: Kingdom, Independence, Nationalism, European History, Monarchy

Henri-Joseph Maus invents the tunnel boring machine.

Tags: Infrastructure, Industrial Revolution, Transportation, Construction, Mining

Revolutions of 1848 across Europe; crushed by conservatives.

Tags: Revolution, Liberalism, Conservatism, Nationalism, Unification, Monarchy, Social Reform, Working Class

Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.

Tags: Coup d'état, French History, Authoritarianism, European History, Imperialism

Henri Giffard becomes the first person to make a manned, controlled and powered flight using a dirigible.

Tags: Aviation, Early Aviation, Transportation

François Coignet invents reinforced concrete.

Tags: Construction, Materials Science, Industrial Revolution

The phonautograph, the earliest known device for recording sound, is patented and invented by Frenchman Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville.

Tags: Sound Recording, Communication, Audio Technology

Invention of the phonautograph, the first true device for recording sound.

Tags: Sound Recording, Communication, Audio

1859–1869: Suez Canal is constructed.

Tags: Canals, Infrastructure, Transportation, Trade, Colonialism, Globalization, Ottoman Empire

Gaston Planté invents the lead acid battery, the first rechargeable battery.

Tags: Battery, Electricity, Energy, Industrial Revolution

Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville creates the first audio recording of the human voice.

Tags: Sound, Communication

1861–1867: French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire, ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mex...

Tags: Imperialism, Colonialism, French Empire, Mexican History, Maximilian I, Intervention, Warfare

Victor Hugo publishes Les Misérables.

Tags: French Literature, Novel, Social Commentary, Romanticism, Class Struggle, Humanitarianism, Literary Influence

France annexes Cambodia.

Tags: Colonialism, French Empire, Protectorate, Imperialism, Political Expansion

Édouard Manet exhibits his painting The Luncheon on the Grass, sparking public outrage.

Tags: Modern Art, Painting, Realism, Art History

Louis Pasteur invents the pasteurization process.

Tags: Public Health, Louis Pasteur, Microbiology, Hygiene, Industrial Revolution, Medical Advancement

Carl Wilhelm Siemens and Pierre-Émile Martin invented the Siemens-Martin process for making steel.

Tags: Industrial Revolution, Steel, Manufacturing, Metallurgy

The Luxembourg Crisis: diplomatic confrontation between France and Prussia on the status of Luxembourg and the towns fortifications are torn down.

Tags: Diplomacy, Nationalism, Geopolitics, Fortifications, Otto von Bismarck

The Paris Commune briefly rules the French capital.

Tags: Revolution, Socialism, Communism, Political Ideology, Workers' Rights, Civil War

Zénobe Gramme invents the first commercial electrical generator, the Gramme machine.

Tags: Electricity, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Revolution, Power Generation

Gustave Trouvé invents the first metal detector.

Tags: Electronics, Metalworking

The Société Anonyme Coopérative des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, and Graveurs, better known as the Impressionists, organize and present their first ...

Tags: French Art, Modern Art, Painting, Exhibition, Realism

Georges Bizet's opera Carmen premiers in Paris.

Tags: Opera, Music, Romanticism, Performance Arts, Cultural Impact

Paul Vieille invents Poudre B, the first smokeless powder for firearms.

Tags: Military Technology, Firearms, Weapons, Industrial Revolution, Defense, Warfare

1884–1885: The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa".

Tags: Imperialism, Colonialism, Scramble for Africa, European Expansion, Diplomacy, International Relations, Otto von Bismarck

Charles Martin Hall and independently Paul Héroult invent the Hall–Héroult process for economically producing aluminum in 1886.

Tags: Industrial Revolution, Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Global Trade

Construction of the Statue of Liberty (formally Liberty Englightening the World)

Tags: Sculpture, Monument, Symbolism, Immigration, French Third Republic, Gilded Age, Liberty

Vincent van Gogh paints The Starry Night.

Tags: Art, Painting, Modern Art, French Art, Visual Arts

Death of Vincent van Gogh.

Tags: Painting, Art History, Modern Art, Mental Health

Léon Bouly invents the cinematograph.

Tags: Early Cinema, Photography, Motion Pictures, Technology History

First commercial film release by Jean Aimé Le Roy.

Tags: Cinema, Film, Motion Pictures, Early Cinema, Entertainment

1899–1900: Open Door Policy proclaimed to protect China.

Tags: Imperialism, Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Trade, International Relations

First section of the Paris Metro opens.

Tags: Urbanization, Public Transportation, Infrastructure, Industrial Revolution, Modernization

Exposition Universelle held in Paris, prominently featuring the growing art trend Art Nouveau.

Tags: Exhibition, Modern Art, Architecture

Édouard Bénédictus invents laminated glass.

Tags: Materials Science, Automotive Industry, Construction

April 8: Entente Cordiale signed between Britain and France.

Tags: Diplomacy, Alliance, Imperialism, Great Powers, International Relations

March 31: The First Moroccan Crisis begins, going until April 1906.

Tags: Imperialism, Colonialism, Diplomacy, International Relations, Pre-World War I, Entente Cordiale, Scramble for Africa

October 23: Brazilian inventor Alberto Santos-Dumont takes off and flies his 14-bis to a crowd in Paris.

Tags: Aviation, Flight

July 13: Alfred Dreyfus is exonerated and reinstated as a major in the French Army; the Dreyfus affair ends.

Tags: Justice, Anti-Semitism, Military

The first free flight of a rotary-wing aircraft is carried out by Paul Cornu.

Tags: Aviation, Flight, Early Aviation

The tuyères thermopropulsives after 1945 (Maurice Roy (fr)) known as the statoreacteur a combustion subsonique (the ramjet) – R. Lorin

Tags: Aeronautics, Aerospace Engineering, Jet Propulsion

The first instantaneous transmission of images, or television broadcast, is carried out by Georges Rignoux and A. Fournier.

Tags: Television, Communication

April – November: Agadir Crisis.

Tags: Imperialism, Colonialism, Diplomacy, Weltpolitik, Entente Cordiale, Arms Race, Pre-World War I

March 30: Morocco becomes a protectorate of France.

Tags: Colonialism, Imperialism, Protectorate, French Empire, Diplomacy, Geopolitics

May 29: Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring infamously premiers in Paris which causes a riot.

Tags: Music, Modernism, Performance Art, Cultural Revolution

Paris Peace Conference writes Treaty of Versailles that punishes Germany.

Tags: World War I, Treaty, Peace Treaty, Post-War, League of Nations, Interwar Period

February 6: Pius XI becomes Pope. The Washington Naval Treaty is signed.

Tags: Treaty, Catholicism, World War I Aftermath, Diplomacy, International Relations

February 2: James Joyce publishes Ulysses.

Tags: Literature, Modernism, Novel, Fiction, Cultural Impact

October 5 – 16: Locarno Treaties signed.

Tags: International Relations, Treaty, Weimar Republic, Interwar Period, Diplomacy, Rhineland, League of Nations

May 20 – 21: Charles Lindbergh performs the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris; becomes a world hero.

Tags: Aviation, Transportation, Communication, Global Impact

July 24: The Kellogg–Briand Pact is signed in Paris.

Tags: Diplomacy, International Relations, Peace Treaty, Interwar Period, World War I, United States of America, Multilateralism

October 14: Germany announces its withdrawal from the League of Nations and the World Disarmament Conference, after the U.S., the U.K. and France deny...

Tags: World War II, League of Nations, Weimar Republic, International Relations, Diplomacy, Political Tensions

July 6–15: Évian Conference ends with all attendee nations save the Dominican Republic refusing to accept more Jewish refugees from the Third Reich.

Tags: World War II, Holocaust, Refugees, Anti-Semitism, International Relations, Diplomacy, Third Reich, Human Rights

September 30: Munich Agreement hands Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany.

Tags: Appeasement, Nazi Germany, World War II, Czechoslovakia, Adolf Hitler, Treaty, Diplomacy

June 26: United Nations founded (UN Charter).

Tags: United Nations, Post-World War II, Diplomacy, Global Governance, Multilateralism, Peacekeeping, World War II, Allied Powers, San Francisco

October 27: French Fourth Republic established.

Tags: Post-War, Government, Constitution, European History

May: Bonn–Paris conventions end allied occupation of West Germany.

Tags: Post-War, Cold War, Occupation, West Germany, International Relations, Sovereignty, Allied Powers

November 9: Independence of Cambodia.

Tags: Decolonization, Independence, Cold War, Nationalism

March 7: The United States recognises Morocco's independence from France

Tags: Decolonization, Independence, Foreign Relations, Cold War, Post-Colonialism, Diplomacy

October 29 – November 7: Nasser's nationalisation of the Suez Canal triggers the Suez crisis.

Tags: Cold War, Nationalization, Decolonization, Middle East Conflict, Suez Canal, International Relations, Imperialism, United Nations

March 25: Treaty of Rome, which would eventually lead to the European Union.

Tags: European Union, European Integration, Post-War, International Relations, Treaty, Economic Cooperation

May: May 1958 crisis in France.

Tags: Political Crisis, Government Instability, Charles de Gaulle, Post-War

October 2: Guinea gains independence from France.

Tags: Decolonization, Independence, Post-Colonialism, French Empire, Political Transition, Nationalism, Cold War, Pan-Africanism

October 4: French Fifth Republic established, with Charles de Gaulle as its first President.

Tags: Charles de Gaulle, Government, Constitution

March 19: The Algerian War ends with the independence of Algeria.

Tags: Decolonization, Independence, Nationalism, Cold War, Post-Colonialism, Charles de Gaulle

March 2: Concorde 001 flies from the first time, from Toulouse, piloted by André Turcat.

Tags: Aviation, Aerospace, Transportation

April 28: Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France after a referendum on political reform is voted down.

Tags: Presidency, Referendum, Political Reform, Charles de Gaulle, European Politics, Resignation

December 18: Establishment of Airbus.

Tags: Aviation, Aerospace, European Union, International Cooperation, Manufacturing, Economic Development

March 5: Ratification of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

Tags: Nuclear Weapons, Arms Control, Cold War, Treaty, International Relations, Nuclear Proliferation, Global Security

August 1: The Helsinki Accords, which officially recognize Europe's national borders and respect for human rights, are signed in Finland.

Tags: Cold War, Human Rights, Detente, International Relations, Soviet Union, Diplomacy

June 27: Djibouti gains independence from France.

Tags: Decolonization, Independence, Nationalism, French Empire, Self-determination, Cold War

July 30: Independence of Vanuatu.

Tags: Decolonization, Independence, Post-Colonialism, Nationalism, Self-determination

January 1: Greece joins the European Communities.

Tags: European Union, European Integration, Political Alliances, International Relations, Economic Development, Cold War, Post-War

Construction of the Channel Tunnel begins.

Tags: Infrastructure, Transportation, European Union, Construction

February 7: The Maastricht Treaty is signed, creating the European Union.

Tags: European Integration, European Union, Treaty, International Relations, Political Union, Globalization, Multilateralism, Sovereignty, Economic Cooperation

November 1: The Maastricht Treaty comes in to effect.

Tags: European Union, Treaty, European Integration, Political Union, International Relations

May 6: Opening of the Channel Tunnel.

Tags: Infrastructure, Transportation, European Union, Construction, Trade

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Tags: Genetics, Human Genome Project, Biotechnology, Medicine, DNA, Research

Final flight of the SST (Supersonic Transport) Concorde.

Tags: Aviation, Transportation, Air Travel, Economic Impact

November 30: Surgeons in France carry out the first human face transplant with Isabelle Dinoire becoming the first person to undergo it.

Tags: Medicine, Surgery, Medical Ethics

December 13: 27 EU member states sign the Treaty of Lisbon, with the treaty coming into effect on December 1, 2009.

Tags: European Union, Treaty, Political Integration, International Relations, Law, EU Enlargement, Governance

Occupy movement inspires worldwide protests.

Tags: Protest, Social Justice, Globalization, Financial Crisis, Activism, Democracy

November 12: The Rosetta spacecraft's Philae probe becomes the first to successfully land on a comet.

Tags: Space Exploration, Comets, Astronomy, Spacecraft

July 14: Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreement reached, setting limits to Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.

Tags: Nuclear Proliferation, Diplomacy, Sanctions, International Relations

November 30 – December 12: 195 nations agree to lower carbon emissions by negotiating the Paris agreement.

Tags: Climate Change, Environmentalism, International Relations, United Nations, Global Warming, Sustainability, Diplomacy, Environmental Policy

The United Nations lifts sanctions from Iran in recognition of the dismantling of its nuclear program.

Tags: Nuclear Proliferation, Sanctions, United Nations, International Relations, Diplomacy, Middle East Politics

Paris Agreement on Climate Change

Tags: Climate Change, Environmentalism, International Relations, United Nations, Sustainability, Global Governance

Emmanuel Macron becomes President of France after defeating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.

Tags: Presidency, Elections, European Union, Populism

January 19: 2023 French pension reform strikes.

Tags: Labor Unions, Strikes

June - December: French political crisis

Tags: Political Crisis, Government, Elections, Political Parties