Fermat, Pierre de. 1601-65. French mathematician/jurist. Modern Number Theory. Last Theorem 1631: There does not exist xⁿ+yⁿ=zⁿ for n>2; x,y,z ε N. Proved by Wiles 1995.

Ferry, Jules. 1832-93. French premier 1880~5. Expanded empire. Compulsory secular education 1882. Dissolved Jesuits.

Feuillants Club. 1791. French moderate monarchists.

Féval, Paul. 1817-87. French writer: Bossu.

Fiorentino, Rosso. 1495-1540. Italian/French Fontainebleau painter.

First Coalition. 1792. European countries opposed to French Revolution.

Five Hundred, Council of. 1795. Lower House of French Parliament.

Fizeau, Armand. 1819-96. French physicist. Measured speed of light, 1849.

Flammarian, Camille. 1842-1925. French astronomer: L’astronomie Populaire.

Flaubert, Gustave. 1821-1880. French Realist novelist. Madame Bovary 1851. Novembre 1842. Acquitted of corrupting public morals, 1857.

Fleurus, Battle. 1794. Key French victory over First Coalition.

Florian, Jean-Pierre de. 1755-94. French fable writer.

Foch, Ferdinand. 1851-1929. French Supreme Allied Leader on W Front, 1918. Marne. WWI.

Fontaine, Pierre. 1762-1853. French Empire architect. Louvre Cour Carrée.

Fontenelle, Bernard de. 1657-1757. French pre-enlightenment writer, scientist. Entretiens 1685.

Fontenoy, Battle. 1745. French victory in War of Austrian Succession.

Foreign Legion. 1831-. French army unit of foreign volunteers, French officers founded in Algeria.

Formigny, Battle. 1450. French artillery defeat English longbow.

Fouché, Joseph. 1758-1820. French Revolutionary. Minister of Police 1779~1815. Secret police. Intrigued vs Robespierre 1794, Napoleon 1799,1807; Louis XVIII 1814.

Foujita, Tsuguhara. 1886-1968. Japanese/French painter.

Fouquet, Jean. 1420-70. French miniaturist. Book of Hours 1450. Charles VII 1445.

Fourier, Charles. 1772-1837. French socialist philosopher. His utopia was attempted in US, Brook Farm, a voluntary cooperative.

Fourier, Jean. 1768-1830. French mathematician/ physicist. Flow of heat 1822. Analysis of cyclical phenomena.

Fragonard, Jean. 1732-1806. French Rococo painter of hedonistic Provençale scenes. Swing 1766.

France. 6C BC Celt, Greek colonies. 51BC Rome. 3-5C Franks, Visigoths inv. 481 Merovingian emp. 751 Carolingian. 843 Split = W Frankish Kingdom. 987 Capetian. 1016 + Burgundy. 1378 Valois dyn. 1589 Bourbon dyn. 1792 Republic. 1799 Consulate. 1804 Empire. 1814 Monarchy rest. 1848 2nd Republic. 1852 2nd Empire. 1870 3rd Republic. 1940 German occupation. 1946 4th Republic. 1958 5th Republic.

816 more results ...