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1058 matches to Free French
French East India Company. 1664-1770. To protect French trade interests in India.
French Equatorial Africa. 1839 French settle. 1910 French Equatorial Africa. 1960 Central African Republic + Independent Chad, Gabon, Congo.
French Fury. 1583. Antwerp citizens kill 2,000 occupying French soldiers.
French Guiana. 1604 French settle. 1809 France/Portugal. 1816 French. 1852-1946 Penal colonies. Devil’s Is.
French-Indian Wars. 1754-63. North American part of Seven Years War. France loses all possessions in Canada to Britain.
French Polynesia. c3C Polynesians settle. 1521 Magellan discovers. 1595 Spanish discover Marquesas. 1767 British discover Tahiti. 1880/81 French colony. 1946 French Overseas Territory.
French Republican Calendar. 1793-1805. 12 30 day months of 3 “decades”. 5-6 holidays at end of year.
French Revolution. 1789-99. Monarchy overthrown. Republic established 1792. Caused by Absolutism, financial crisis, Enlightenment. Terror. Napoleon. French Revolutionary Wars.
French Revolution. 1830. After Charles X’s repressive Four Ordinances of St Cloud.
French Revolutionary Wars. 1792-1802. France vs European powers who opposed Revolution. Napoleonic Wars. Coalition. Pillnitz.
French Union. 1946-58. France + Protectorates + overseas Territories. French Community.
French Wars. 1701-1815. Second Hundred Years War.
French West Africa. 1895-1958. Dahomey, Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Burkino Faso.
Fréron, Louis. 1754-1802. French Revolutionary. Conspired vs Robespierre.
Fresnel, Augustin. 1788-1827. French physicist, wave theory of light 1815. Fresnel lens 1820.
Froissart, Jean. c1333-1400. French Chronicles of the Hundred Years War 1391.
Fronde. 1648-53. Revolt of French parliamentarians vs king’s power. Failure encouraged Absolutism.
Frontenac. 1622-98. French Governor of New France. Defeated Iroquois. Expanded fur trade.
Furetière, Antoine. 1619-88. French satirist/lexicographer. Nouvelle Allégorique 1658. Universal Dictionary 1684.
Gabelle. 1286-1790. French salt tax.
Gabriel, Jacques-Ange. 1698-1782. French Architect: École Militaire 1752. Champ-de-Mars. Place de la Concorde 1755. Petit Trianon 1762.
Galland, Antoine. 1646-1715. French translator of Arabian Nights, introduced the story to Europe 1704.