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800
Charlemagne Becomes Holy Roman Emperor
Also known as Charles the Great. -
1461
the reign of Louis XI
was the one to bring an end to end one hundred years of war. -
the French Revolution
starting with riots by a Third Estate and ending with the abolition of the French monarchy, they saw many bloody battles. -
The Vichy Regime
During World War II, the signing of an armistice between France and Germany in 1940 divided France into two zones: The Northern zone which was occupied by German forces and the unoccupied Southern part of the country known as the ‘Free Zone’. -
Riots of May ’68
The 1960’s saw a lot of political turmoil for France. Algerian independence, the declaration of the fifth republic and the Vietnam war meant that there was plenty to discuss, and with the significant growth in the number of young people attending university in France, students had a voice of their own.
