Dunes, Battle. 1658. England, France defeat Spanish. Fronde.

Dunkirk, Evacuation. 1940. 340,000 Allied troops from N France.

Edinburgh, Treaty. 1560. France and England withdraw from Scotland.

Edward, The Black Prince. 1330-76. Son of Edward III. Victor at Poitiers, 1356. Captured John II of France.

Edward III. 1312-77. King of England 1327-. Claimed crown of France, causing Hundred Years War.

Émigrés. Royalist sympathizers who fled France during Revolution.

Empire. First. France under Napoleon I 1804-14. 2nd. Napoleon III, 1852-70.

Etaples, Treaty. 1492. England renounces claim to France, except Calais.

Eudes. 860-98. King of France in 888. Defended Paris against the Norse in 885.

Eugénie. 1826-1920. Spanish Empress of France, 1853-70.

European Union. 1958 European Economic Community (EEC) of Belgium, France, W Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands. To integrate economic development of members. 1967 =European Community (EC). 1973 +UK, Ireland, Denmark. 1981+Greece. 1985 -Greenland. 1986 +Spain, Portugal. 1990 +former E Germany. 1993 =European Union (EU). Maastricht Treaty. European Parliament. European Court of Justice.

Field of Cloth of Gold. 1520. Kings of France and England meet near Calais to propose alliances.

Fitzgerald, Edward. 1763-98. Irish rebel. Sought aid from France for 1798 uprising.

Flanders. Historical region of France, Belgium, Neth. 13C Cloth industry. Ghent. Bruges.

Fleur de Lys. National emblem of France 496-1789. Tricolour.

FLN. 1954-62. Algerian National Liberation Front conducts war vs France.

Four Nations, College of. 1661-1793. Paris, Established by Mazarin bequest...Institute of France.

Four Power Pacific Treaty. 1921. Britain, France, Japan, USA agree to mutual respect of rights.

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.

France, Anatole. 1844-1924. French short story writer. The Red Lily 1894.

France, Battle. June 5-16, 1940. Germany takes France.

France, College of. Created by Francis I in 1530 as the 3 Language College: Latin, Hebrew, Greek.

Francesca, Piero della. 1406-92. Italian fresco painter. Story of the True Cross 1465.

Frankfurt, Treaty. 1871. Ended Franco-Prussian War. France paid indemnity, gave up Alsace-Lorraine.

Frankish Kingdom, West. 843. Division of Carolingian Empire. ≈modern France. Franks.

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