1871 in France information

Events from the year 1871 in France. President: Louis Jules Trochu (until 13 February), Adolphe Thiers (starting 17 February) President of the Council...

Legislative elections were held in France on 8 February 1871 to elect the first legislature of the Third French Republic, the unicameral National Assembly...

against the Prussians in the Battle of Dijon. February 8 – 1871 French legislative election elects the first legislature of the French Third Republic; monarchists...

(French: Commune de Paris, pronounced [kɔ.myn də pa.ʁi]) was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871...

the German Empire in 1871 following France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. A small part of Haut-Rhin, however, remained French and became known as...

Communards (French: [kɔmynaʁ]) were members and supporters of the short-lived 1871 Paris Commune formed in the wake of the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian...

Elections to the National Assembly of France were held in Algeria in February 1871. Two members were elected from each of the three départements, Algiers...

Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Senegal on 3 April 1871 as part of the wider French elections. Lafon de Fongaufier was elected...

Louis XIV made Versailles his residence and the seat of the French court. Paris (1789–1871), on 5 and 6 October 1789, a throng from Paris invaded the castle...

insurrectionary period in the history of Paris that lasted just over two months, from March 18, 1871, to the Semaine sanglante that ended on May 28, 1871. This insurrection...

government in France since the collapse of the Ancien Régime in 1789. The Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871 resulted in the defeat of France and the overthrow...

antisemitism in certain classes of French society (see History of the Jews in France). Alsace and Lorraine were lost to Germany in 1871. Some French refugees...

The Declaration to the French People is a summary of the 1871 Paris Commune's political program by its government, the Commune. It was written by three...

in May 1871. The communards associated the Catholic Church with conservatism and imperialism and enforced a separation between Church and state. In April...

Defense (French: Gouvernement de la Défense nationale) was the first government of the Third Republic of France from 4 September 1870 to 13 February 1871 during...

On January 22, 1871, a contingent of France's National Guard marched on Paris's City Hall (Hôtel de Ville). The group opposed the armistice that was being...

Wellington Prussian occupation of northern France, during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) and afterwards (1871-1873) as a guarantee of the payment of...

demise of the monarchy entered into force on 4 May 1871, while France recognised the empire on 10 May 1871 in the Treaty of Frankfurt. For most of 1815–1833...