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306 matches to France
Abbeville Treaty. 1258. England returns Normandy to France.
Abd el-Krim. 1882-1963. Fought France and Spain in Morocco. Founded Republic of Rif 1921-26.
Abortion. Legalized 1968 Britain, 1969 Canada, 1973 USA, 1975 France. Roe v Wade.
Aix-la-Chapelle, Congress. 1818. Restored King of France. Congress System.
Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty. 1668. Ended War of Devolution between France, Spain. 1748. Ended War of Austrian Succession. Hapsburgs weakened, Prussian power recognized.
Algeria. c2000BC Berber. 12C BC Phoenicia...9C BC Carthage. 146 BC Rome. 429 Vandal. 6C Byzantine. 7C Moslem. c1500 Spain. 1518 Ottoman. 1671 Independent. 1830 France. 1962 Independent.
Algerian Revolutionary War. 1954-62. Plebiscite granted independence from France, 1962.
Algerian War. 1831-46. France conquers Algeria.
Allobroges. Celts who inhabited SE France; conq by Rome 121BC.
Alsace-Lorraine. Iron rich region along Rhine. 1C BC Rome. 5C Alemanni. 496 Franks. 870 German. 1648(A)/1766(L) French 1871 Prussia. 1919 France 1940 Germany. 1945 France.
American Civil War. 1861-5. Abolitionist North defeats slave-owning South. Britain and France support South, Russia supports North. Union. Confederacy.
Amiens, Treaty. 1527. Henry VIII, Francis I ally vs Charles V. 1802. England, France, Spain, Holland end French Revolutionary Wars. Britain cedes captured territory, gains Ceylon, Trinidad.
Amin, Idi. c1926-. Uganda dictator 1971-9. Exile to France.
Angevin Dynasty. Descendants of French House of Anjou. France -1480. Plantagenet Kings of England 1154-1485. Charles I of Anjou.
Anglo-American War. 1812-14. US, angry at British blockade of France, and Tippecanoe interference, invades Canada. Toronto and White House burned. US defeated. Ghent Treaty.
Angoulême, Louis duc d’. 1775-1844. Last Dauphin of France 1824-30.
Anjou. Region, former province of western France. Under English 1151-1204, 1360. 1480 France. Angevin.
Anne of Bretagne. 1477-1514. Wife of Charles VIII, 1491, then of Louis XII, 1499. Began union of Brittany with France.
Anthony of Padua, St. 1195-1231. Franciscan teacher in S. France, Italy.
Anvil, Operation. 1944. Allied invasion of south France.
Armagnac. Former county of southwest France, now Gascogne. 960 Independent. 1360 English. 1607 France.
Armagnacs. Fought Burgundians for control of France through Charles VI regency 1395-1435. Arras.
Artois. 5C Franks. 9C Flanders. 1180 France 1329 Burgundy, Austria. 1659 France.
Atom Bomb. 1945 US. 1949 USSR. 1952 Britain. 1960 France. 1964 China. 1974 India. 1989 South Africa (dismantled). 1998 Pakistan. ? Israel. 1990s Argentina, Brazil. Soon: Iraq, Iran, North Korea. H-Bomb. Neutron Bomb.
Augsburg League. 1686-9. Holy Roman Empire and allies vs France. Replaced by Grand Alliance.