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The French Republic knew following a decree of 1 September 1950 two "Orders of Overseas France" (Ordres de la France d'Outre-mer) : Order of the Black Star 1889; Order of the Star of Anjouan 1874; The two Orders were a heritage of the colonial time during which the decorations of the colonized states such as Dahomey and the Comores were ...
17–18 October – Calvinists put up anti catholic posters in the streets of Paris and several towns in France, including on the door of king François Ier's bedroom in Amboise. The Parliament of Paris orders the arrest of two hundred suspected Calvinists, six of whom are burned on the night of 18 October, and many others before the end of the ...
France obtains Lille and other territories of Flanders from Spain. 1678: Treaties of Nijmegen: A series of treaties ending the Franco-Dutch War. France obtains the Franche-Comté and some cities in Flanders and Hainaut (from Spain). 1684: 15 August: Truce of Ratisbon: End of the War of the Reunions. France obtains further territories in the ...
Pages in category "Maps of the history of France" ... Merian map of Paris; T. Turgot map of Paris This page was last edited on 14 July 2024, at 03:20 (UTC). ...
In the 21st century, Paris added new museums and a new concert hall, but in 2005 it also experienced violent unrest in the housing projects in the surrounding banlieues (suburbs), inhabited largely by first and second generation immigrants from France's former colonies in the Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2015, the city and the nation were ...
This is a list of some of the modern orders, decorations and medals of France. Some, like the Legion of Honour, are awarded to both the armed forces and civilians. Others are decorations of a pure civilian or military character. Only four of the 19 Ministerial orders have survived the reform of the French system of decorations in 1963.
Meeting of King Charles V of France and Emperor Charles IV outside the Porte du Temple in Paris in January 1378. The depicted ceremonial places both monarchs on equal footing, but only the French king gets to ride a white horse. Illuminated manuscript of the Grandes Chroniques de France by Jean Fouquet, ca.1455–1460
Dynamic map of the European frontiers of France from 985 to 1947. This article describes the process by which metropolitan France - that part of France that is located in Europe, excluding its various overseas territories - came to consist of the territory it does today. Its current borders date from 1947.