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A map of France in 1843 under the July Monarchy. By the French Revolution, the Kingdom of France had expanded to nearly the modern territorial limits. The 19th century would complete the process by the annexation of the Duchy of Savoy and the County of Nice (first during the First Empire, and then definitively in 1860) and some small papal (like Avignon) and foreign possessions.
The 1850s (pronounced "eighteen-fifties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1850, and ended on December 31, 1859.. It was a very turbulent decade, as wars such as the Crimean War, shifted and shook European politics, as well as the expansion of colonization towards the Far East, which also sparked conflicts like the Second Opium War.
July to December. 18 August - Honoré de Balzac, novelist and playwright (born 1799) 26 August - Louis-Philippe of France, last king of France (born 1773) 9 November - François-Xavier-Joseph Droz, writer on ethics, political science and political economy (born 1773) 10 December - François Sulpice Beudant, mineralogist and geologist (born 1787)
Maastricht Treaty: Members of the European Community (including France) signed a treaty creating what is now known as the European Union. 1995: 17 May: Jacques Chirac began his term as president of France. 1998: 12 July: France won the 1998 World Cup of football on home soil. This was their first FIFA World Cup title. 31 December
The French Second Republic (French: Deuxième République Française or La IIe République), officially the French Republic (République française), was the second republican government of France. It existed from 1848 until its dissolution in 1852. Following the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo, France had been ...
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. Greek writers noted the presence of three main ethno-linguistic groups in the area: the Gauls, Aquitani and Belgae. The Gauls, the largest group, were Celtic people speaking Gaulish.
Over 3,687,324–7,187,324 casualties (other wars excluded) The Age of Revolution is a period from the late-18th to the mid-19th centuries during which a number of significant revolutionary movements occurred in most of Europe and the Americas. [2] The period is noted for the change from absolutist monarchies to representative governments with ...
1470 – Cape Palmas is passed. [3] 1472 – Fernão do Pó lands on the island of Bioko. [4] 1473 – Lopo Gonçalves is the first European sailor to cross the Equator. [3][4] 1474–75 – Ruy de Sequeira discovers São Tomé and Príncipe. [4] 1482 – Diogo Cão reaches the Congo River, where he erects a padrão ("pillar of stone").