For AP pt

Source: www.learn-french-help.com/history-of-france.html
(Ancient France)
-6000BC - Farmers inhabited the land
-1000BC - Celts (Druids, Warriors and Farmers)
-51BC - Gaul (Old name for France) was conquered by Julis Caesar in the Gallic Wars
-End of 5th Century - Franks (Germanic Civilization), headed by King Clovis, overtook the romans and divided into 3 parts (West: "Francia" means "Country of the Franks")
-1000AD - Francien (First French speaking king) demanded the ruling class to use French
-Vikings moved to the northern part of france
-Duchy of Normandy - gave large territory to Scandinavians. People who settled there were called "Normans"
(Middle ages)
-In the beginning of the Middle Ages, Eleanor of Aquitaine, French queen, called the duchy of Aquitaine, divorced her husband Louis and married the young English king, Henry (Pantagenet) II, acquiring both large tracts of France, and all of England in her realm.
-1337-1453 AD - Hundred Years war - fought between France and England for the control of French Territory.
-1494AD - Renaissance Era: France having invaded Italy and realizing its cultural wealth
-Around 1400s - France flourished magnificently. Charmed by the art of the Netherlands and Italy
-1562AD-1593AD - Catholics vs Protestants provided destruction for the country
-16th century - Bourbons ruled the country
-18th century - "The Enlightenment" period
-Louis XIV - crowned king; France enjoyed a rebirth of art, music, drama and literature
-1789AD - The french revolution: Destroyed the monarchy, caused bloodshed (Guillotine or a "beheading" machine).
-1793AD - King Louis XVI's execution:L the reign of terror made its ugly debut
(Robespierre and the Reign of Terror in France)
-1793AD - Declaration of the Rights of Man became obsolete
-Maximilien Robespierre - a leader
-1794AD - By 1794, 30,000 French men and women had been murdered for one thin accusation or another, 2,400 people in Paris alone had been killed.
-Robespierre became the last victim of the Reign of Terror
(Napoleon Bonaparte)
-A great leader
-Emperor of France in 1800AD
-His armies conquered almost all of western Europe
-Defeated at Waterloo
(World war and Modern times)
-Before WW2: "Phony war" or "Funny war"
-May 1940 - German Armies invaded France; defeated.
-1940-1944 - The germans used France as a war base against Britain
-June 6, 1944: The allies began the liberation of France, overthrowing the puppet Vichy authority in its wake.
-1945 - the war ended when the Axis poweres yielded
-1945 - DeGaulle became the head of the French Goverment.
-1950 - France starts pulling itself together
-1960 - Nuclear bomb test at Sahara desert