La Préhistoire
Before 52 BC
Prehistoric period before Roman conquest
Cave paintings at Lascaux
Megalithic monuments (Carnac stones)
La Gaule Romaine
52 BC - 486 AD
Roman Gaul period
Conquest by Julius Caesar (52 BC)
Romanization of Gaul
Le Moyen Âge
486 - 1492
Medieval period
Clovis becomes first Frankish king (486)
Charlemagne's empire (800)
La Renaissance
1492 - 1598
Renaissance period
Discovery of America (1492)
Reign of François I (1515-1547)
L'Ancien Régime
1598 - 1789
Old Regime period
Edict of Nantes (1598)
Reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715)
La Révolution Française
1789 - 1799
French Revolution
Storming of the Bastille (July 14, 1789)
Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789)
L'Empire Napoléonien
1799 - 1815
Napoleonic Empire
Napoleon becomes First Consul (1799)
Napoleon becomes Emperor (1804)
Le XIXe Siècle
1815 - 1914
19th century
Restoration of the Monarchy
Industrial Revolution
Les Guerres Mondiales
1914 - 1945
World Wars period
World War I (1914-1918)
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
La France Moderne
1945 - Present
Modern France
Fourth Republic (1946-1958)
Fifth Republic (1958-Present)
La Préhistoire
Before 52 BC
Key Events:
Cave paintings at Lascaux
Megalithic monuments (Carnac stones)
Celtic settlements
Historical Vocabulary:
la préhistoire
prehistory
lah pray-ees-twar
les peintures rupestres
cave paintings
lay pan-toor roo-pess-truh
les mégalithes
megaliths
lay may-gah-leet
les Celtes
Celts
lay selt