1. Lonely Planet World Guide | Destination France | History france history. Humans have inhabited France for about 90,000 years.The Celtic Gauls arrived between 1500 and 500 BC; after several http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/europe/france/history.htm

home search help worldguide ... Related Weblinks France History Humans have inhabited France for about 90,000 years. The Celtic Gauls arrived between 1500 and 500 BC; after several centuries of conflict with Rome, Gaul lost the territory to Julius Caesar in 52 BC, and by the 2nd century AD the region had been partly Christianised. In the 5th century the Franks (thus 'France') and other Germanic groups overran the country. The Middle Ages were marked by a succession of power struggles between warring Frankish dynasties. The Capetian Dynasty was a time of prosperity and scholarly revivalism despite continued battles with England over feudal rights. During this period, France was also embroiled in the Crusades, a holy war instigated by the Church against non-Christians. The Capetian Dynasty waned by the early 15th century as France continued to fight England in the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453), which featured 17-year-old firebrand Jeanne d'Arc. Religious and political persecution, culminating in the Wars of Religion (1562-98), continued to threaten France's stability during the 16th century. In 1572, some 3000 Protestant Huguenots were slaughtered in Paris. The Huguenots were later guaranteed religious, civil and political rights. By the early 17th century the country was held in thrall by Cardinal Richelieu, who moved to establish an absolute monarchy and increase French power in Europe. Louis XIV (the Sun King) ascended the throne in 1643 at the age of five and ruled until 1715. Throughout his reign, he hounded the Protestant minority, quashed the feuding aristocracy and created the first centralised French state. But as the 18th century progressed, the

2. History Of Paris, France History of Paris, France first settled by Celtic Parisii, Roman conquest, Frankish,Merovingian, Carolingian, Capetian, Bourbon dynasties, Empire, invasions http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Paris/Paris_history.shtml

Culture, history, language, travel, and more! Paris France Provinces Introduction to Paris Alternate Lifestyles Climate Economy Government History Lodging Restaurants Shopping Transportation Feature Article Site Map Pull down window to select topic, then click GO! Enter your e-mail address to receive updates about DiscoverFrance.net! Click above to search this site or the Internet. Click above for optional background music while you browse! Click above to see random quotations! PLEASE VISIT OUR ART BOUTIQUE TO VIEW PRINTS BY FRENCH ARTISTS HISTORY of PARIS P K nown as Lutetia (Lutece) in ancient times, Paris was conquered by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, and existed as a regional center under the Romans and in the early Middle Ages. In 987, HUGH CAPET, Count of Paris, became king of France, and under his successors, the CAPETIANS, the city's position as the nation's capital became established. Often characterized as spirited and rebellious, the people of Paris first declared themselves an independent commune under the leadership of Etienne Marcel in 1355-58. The storming of the Bastille in 1789 was the first of a series of key actions by the Parisian people during the FRENCH REVOLUTION. Paris also played a major role in the revolutions of 1830 and 1848. In 1871, during the FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR , the city was besieged for four months until France surrendered. After German troops withdrew, French radicals briefly established the COMMUNE OF PARIS. During World War I the Germans were prevented from reaching Paris, but they occupied the city during World War II from 1940 to 1944. Paris was again the scene of violence during the student riots of 1968.

3. Professional Cycling Palmarès Site | Tour De France: History 1951, Brive Agen Koblet's grand exploit The single greatest exploit in thehistory of the Tour de France? Raphaël Geminiani certainly thought so. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/veloarchive/races/tour/

Skip to navigation The story of Le Tour Home Races Tour de France Follow the links below for stories, photographs, and race details of the Tour de France, year by year. The story of the origins of the Tour de France : an epic tale of a intrigue amongst rival newspapers against a backdrop of deep political division in France. Victory for the Little Chimney Sweep : The first Tour took just six stages to complete the hexagon, resulting in a convincing win for Maurice Garin, perhaps road cycling's first great champion. "The Tour is finished..." : One year later and the race was nearly finished by cheating riders and rioting spectators. Another easy win for Garin? Well, not exactly! A new formula is devised : A major rethink saw the race organised on points, with more stages, but no night riding. The new formula, saved the race, which thereafter never looked back. The first climbing star is born : Rene Pottier dominated in 1906, the year that saw the Tour's first true mountain stages, and the first excursion out of France. But Pottier's life was to be a tragically short one... Victory to "the Argentine" : 1907 saw victory go to Lucien Petit-Breton, nicknamed "the Argentine", after his rival Emile Georget was demoted for an illegal bike change.

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5. NEW FRANCE HISTORY NEW france history. PRESETTLEMENT HISTORY TO 1599. 01/25/2003 FRENCHHISTORY 1600-1614. FRENCH INDEX Return to Main French INDEX. DIRECTORY http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dgarneau/french1.htm

NEW FRANCE HISTORY PRE-SETTLEMENT HISTORY TO 1599 FRENCH HISTORY FRENCH INDEX Return to Main French INDEX DIRECTORY Return to MAIN HISTORY index The Europeans have a strange custom that, if you see a piece of land, then it is yours. This ownership belief is held by Portugal, Scotland, the Danish, Spanish, French and English. The native peoples of America are considered a wild and savage people. These Indians have daily baths, while Europeans consider bathing more than once a year, a heathenish practice. All Europeans consider slave trading a civilized practice. 330 B.C. Pytheas a Phoenician (Greek) explorer sail the Atlantic to a land called Thule beyond Britain. It is noteworthy they had the technology to achieve this voyage but hard proof is lacking. Celtic Monks from Greenland are believed to have established a colony on Brion Island (Magdalen Island) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and to have eventually settled on Cape Breton Island. Their settlement by Scandinavian tradition is called Huitraamannland. It is believed they are gradually absorbed into the Micmac tradition. August: Bjarni Herjolfsson is blown off course and is believed to have sighted Labrador, Canada. The Beothuk Peoples occupied Newfoundland but usually remained inland or on the west coast. This could account for a lack of sighting by Bjarni Herjolfsson, the Viking, who arrived this year. Later accounts would classify the Beothuk as being six feet tall and light complexioned. The account went on to say when they dressed in European cloths, they looked like Englishmen. This account is probably intended as an insult towards the Beothuk. The Beothuk and Dorset people known to be very friendly had established peaceful coexistence with other people of the Newfoundland region.

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NEW FRANCE HISTORY FRENCH HISTORY 1800 - 1899 FRENCH HISTORY FRENCH INDEX Return to Main French Index DIRECTORY Return to MAIN HISTORY index SLAVERY IN AMERICA JUST ADOPTED A DIFFERENT FORM and few people protested. Most claim these children are the filth of the street, being dumped in America, and are of little concern. Children are indentured (slaved) and placed in asylums (workhouses) on moral grounds, due to poverty or being orphans. Many of the children are forced to sleep with people of the opposite sex (basically brothels). The Poorhouses have no humanizing influence, these children are also subjected to vice, immorality and degradation. The death rate is 40% per year, with some up to 87%. F. X. GARNEAU BELIEVED: The French are civilized and the Indians are a cruel horde of barbarians. He spoke of the habitual vindictiveness of Indians. He wrote they are sexually promiscuous; they enslave their women; they take inadequate care of their children; they lived solely by hunting and fishing. He believed the French introduced agriculture in 1650 to the savages. F.X. Garneau is looking in a mirror at the French

7. France: History It is from this date that the history of France as a separate kingdom is generallyreckoned (see table entitled Rulers of France since 987 for a listing of the http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0858214.html

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Nice - History 400,000 years of human habitation Photos: (36 k) Also for Nice: main page History Museums Parks Shopping Transportation Below: Prehistoric Ancient Greek Roman ... Recent Prehistoric Signs of prehistoric man have been excavated at Nice, and an excellent display was presented at the excavation location in the Ancient The foundation of ancient Nice was on the Chateau Hill (Colline du Chateau), overlooking and between the present old town and the port. The only archeological remains recovered there were some ceramic fragments, possibly dating to the Greeks of Marseille of the 6th or 5th century BC. The ruins of a 10th century cathedral can now be seen there (photo). On the hill of Cimiez, 3 km north of Le Chateau, were the remains of an oppidum belonging to the Ligurian tribe. Greek The Greek Massaliote colony of Nikaia was probably located at the present old town (Vieux Nice), where the Paillon river joined the sea. The name Nikaia may have derived from "Nike", or victory, following the defeat of the local Ligurian tribe. Although there was a Greek acropolis on the Colline du Chateau, the Greeks were probably here along with the Ligurians, and with their cooperation. In 154 BC, the Romans helped Massalia defend

10. AJ Auxerre's Coupe De France History Translate this page AJ Auxerre's Coupe de france history. AJ Auxerre's Coupede France record Season Round Opponent Results. http://www.physast.uga.edu/~jpc/aux.CdF.html

AJ Auxerre's Coupe de France History AJ Auxerre's Coupe de France record: Season Round Opponent Results 1917-18 32 AJA - Alliance Velo Sportive 1-6 1972-73 32 AS Mutzig - AJA (Chaumont) 1-1 AJA - AS Mutzig (Mulhouse) 0-1 1974-75 32 FC St Louis 1911 - AJA (Baume les Dames) 1-0 1975-76 32 AJA - UES Montmorillonnaise (Chateauroux) 3-0 16 AJA - Olympique de Marseille 0-0 Olympique de Marseille - AJA 2-0 1976-77 32 AJA - AS Poissy (Fontainebleau) 1-0 16 AJA - AS St. Etienne 0-0 AS St. Etienne - AJA 3-1 1977-78 32 Troyes Aube - AJA (Epinal) 1-0 1978-79 32 AJA - Entente Chaumontaise AC (Dijon) 4-2 16 Stade Quimperois - AJA 0-1 AJA - Stade Quimperois 0-0 8 AJA - Montpellier Paillade SC 0-0 Montpellier Paillade SC - AJA 0-2 4 AJA - Lille Olympique SC 0-0 Lille Olympique SC - AJA 1-2 2 AJA - RC Strasbourg 0-0 RC Strasbourg - AJA 2-2 F FC Nantes - AJA (Paris) 4-1 1979-80 32 AJA - AS Libournaise (La Rochelle) 2-1 16 AJA - Calais RUFC 1-0 Calais RUFC - AJA 1-5 8 FC Metz - AJA 2-2 AJA - FC Metz 1-0 4 Paris FC - AJA 1-1 AJA - Paris FC 0-2 1980-81 32 AJA - RCFC Besancon (Dijon) 2-0 16 SEC Bastia - AJA 2-1 AJA - SEC Bastia 1-1 1981-82 32 AJA - Veloce Vannetais US (Redon) 2-0 16 AJA - FC Tours 2-1 FC Tours - AJA 3-1 1982-83 32 AS St. Etienne - AJA (Paris) 1-0

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12. BBC SPORT | Other Sports | Cycling | Tour De France History The last 97 years of Tour de france history have seen intrigueand adventure plus thrills, spills and daring deeds. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/2064819.stm

CATEGORIES TV RADIO COMMUNICATE ... INDEX SEARCH You are in: Other Sports: Cycling Sport Front Page Football ... Funny Old Game Around The UK: N Ireland Scotland Wales SERVICES Daily E-mail News Ticker Mobiles/PDA Text Only ... Help EDITIONS Change to World Thursday, 27 June, 2002, 10:14 GMT 11:14 UK Tour de France history Since Maurice Garin carried himself over the finishing line in 1903 in first place, 54 men have shared 88 Tour de France victories. Thousands of riders have completed thousands of kilometres in a bid for the race's holy grail, the yellow jersey. Here is a 10-part breakdown of the Tour's greatest stories over the years. Few sporting events compare with the Tour de France for sheer excitement and daring deeds. The Tour's road has gone on for almost 100 years And few have a history as fascinating as that of the world's greatest sporting adventure. From the pioneers and the appalling treatment of riders in the early days there has always been something to talk about. The biggest sporting event outside football's World Cup and the Olympic Games has plenty of secret stories. Click on the links here to discover them.

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BBC SPORT Change to World edition Sport Front Page Football Cricket ... Wales Other Sports Contents: Statistics US Sport Horse Racing Snooker ... Skiing Thursday, 27 June, 2002, 10:14 GMT 11:14 UK Tour de France history Since Maurice Garin carried himself over the finishing line in 1903 in first place, 54 men have shared 88 Tour de France victories. Thousands of riders have completed thousands of kilometres in a bid for the race's holy grail, the yellow jersey. Here is a 10-part breakdown of the Tour's greatest stories over the years. Few sporting events compare with the Tour de France for sheer excitement and daring deeds. And few have a history as fascinating as that of the world's greatest sporting adventure. From the pioneers and the appalling treatment of riders in the early days there has always been something to talk about. The biggest sporting event outside football's World Cup and the Olympic Games has plenty of secret stories. Click on the links here to discover them. ^^ Back to top BBC Sport Home BBC Homepage Feedback

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dateString = 1071959193; Keyword Search: Home Explore Europe France History E-mail this page Keyword Search Help France Travel and Trips Overview The Essentials Where to Go ... Health and Vaccinations Contact Us We're here to help you book your next vacation, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (US Central Time) Monday-Friday. Call 1-800-iExplore Price Guarantee Our promise: You won't find any of our trips at a lower price anywhere. iExplore offers the best value in adventure and experiential travel... GUARANTEED! France History of France Every century has added a new facet to the France of today: The Romans, who first occupied Gaul in 120 BC, built beautiful arenas, villas, aqueducts, thermal-spring baths and other structures still prominent in southern France. They were soon followed by the medieval religious orders, who built the stunning St. Jean Baptistery in Poitiers, the Trinity Chapel on the Bay of Cannes and hundreds of abbeys throughout the country. Around 1125, flamboyant Gothic designs began to play a major role in the building of cathedrals, such as those in Reims, Amiens, Chartres, Vezelay and Mont-Saint-Michel. The Renaissance introduced the architecture now seen in the homes and chateaux of the Loire Valley. Today, French designs such as Le Corbusier's Chapel of Ronchamp or the Pompidou Center in Paris continue to influence architectural thought throughout the world. In art, literature and philosophy, the French accent is pervasive.

15. France History FRANCE. Celtic tribes and Blois. After continually ravaging France'sAtlantic coast, the Vikings set up the duchy of Normandy in 911. http://www.nationbynation.com/France/History1.html

BACK TO THE FRONT PAGE BASIC INFO. GEOGRAPHY GOVERNMENT BACK TO THE FRONT PAGE BASIC INFO. GEOGRAPHY GOVERNMENT ... FRANCE Celtic tribes were the original inhabitants of the territory known as Gaul. Two hundred years before Christ, the Romans conquered the Mediterranean coast, colonized long before by Phoenicians and Greeks. Julius Caesar successfully conquered all of Gaul between 58 and 51 B.C., making the region a province of the Roman empire. Christianity quickly reached Gaul in the first century A.D. Visigoths, Franks, and Burgundii, barbarian invaders all, arrived in the fifth century and by 486, the Franks had unified the country, become Christians, and established the Merovingian line. Saracens attacked in the 600s but in 732, they were defeated by Charles Martel, whose grandson was Charlemagne. The Pope declared Charlemagne ruler of the West in 800. As a result of waves of Viking assaults in the ninth century, France was broken up into regions that were ruled by nobles some were actually independent states, more or less, such as Aquitaine, Burgundy, Flanders, Anjou, and Blois. After continually ravaging France's Atlantic coast, the Vikings set up the duchy of Normandy in 911. The Carolingians died out and were replaced by the Capetians who ruled from Paris and made that city a great church and university center, as well as a trade hub. Louis IX, also known as St. Louis, the Crusader-king, made France an international power as well. The Hundred Years War with England (1337-1453) weakened the French monarchy. England tried to take over France once and for all, but the French regrouped and drove the English out in 1453. They retained only a small bit of territory at Calais. France continued to develop as a center of culture and commerce, even with periodic disruptions for religious conflicts due to the Reformation. France under Louis XIII and Louis XIV pursued a foreign policy dominated by the powerful clergymen, Cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin. The defeat of the Habsburgs in the Thirty Years War (1618-48) served to further enhance France's stature in Europe. The palace of Versailles demonstrated that Louis XIV's was the richest and most dominant monarchy on the continent. Though France did not make much headway in land acquisition close to home, it became a colonial power around the world. France took the side of the nascent United States in its struggle with Britain which cost the country dearly in monetary terms and later in public discontent with the monarchy and what was viewed as its excesses. The French Revolution began in 1789; the King and Queen (Marie Antoinette) were guillotined in 1793 and before the Reign of Terror ceased in 1794, thousands met their end on the block. Napoleon named himself emperor of France in 1804. He expanded the empire in Europe and the Middle East but was ultimately defeated by the British (at Waterloo) and the Russians, leading to the collapse of the French empire. Though the monarchy was briefly restored,the French decided to do away with the institution in 1848. Louis Napoleon, the nephew of Bonaparte, became president of the Second Republic and in 1852 declared it the Second Empire and ruled as Napoleon III. The Second Empire came to an inglorious end after the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71). The Third Republic, famed for the belle epoque, lasted from 1871-1914. In 1907, in answer to the Triple Alliance, France, Great Britain, and Russia came together in the Triple Entente. France suffered tremendous casualties in the First World War and its role in world affairs diminished. In 1938, France sealed its own fate by participating in the Munich Agreement. Hitler's forces swept through France, occupying the north and assisting in the establishment of the Vichy collaborationist regime in the south. Charles de Gaulle rallied the Free French and after Liberation, he declared the Fourth French Republic. Post-war, France helped organize the EEC and also was a founding member of NATO. Problems with soon-to-be former colonies arose at this time, as well (Indochina, Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco). France followed its own path in foreign affairs under de Gaulle, refusing to sign the nuclear test-ban and nonproliferation treaties, recognizing the People's Republic of China and eventually withdrawing French forces from the NATO command. After de Gaulle came a series of leaders, but none could match the charisma of the old general. Pompidou, Giscard d'Estaing, Mitterand, and Chirac all worked to preserve France's stature as a world power.

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H G eography Afric Network Site for Senegal and the Centrafrican Republic. Arisitum - Histoire et Archéologie en France Looking for in depth information on history, archeology, medieval history (i.e. les Cahiers de Tanjeaux - 32 vols.), the "ancien regime," etc. look no further! Quite informative. Chroniques de France Electronic publication of original texts about French history from Antiquity to 1014. Histoire de France Excellent site Many interesting facts and links to French culture and history. Histoire du Monde World history from the Ist Century to the present. Historical descriptions are brief but offer a good overview of the great events in world history. Index Geógraphique Geographical infos by region and main towns. Woyaa Bilingual site for Woyaa, the best research engine for Africa. Culture Economy Education Internet Resources ... Home

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19. 504 - France History france history. La belle France! Through the rear end of a British lorry 504 mensaw little of France on that first day, November 16, 1944, that was belle. http://home.hawaii.rr.com/pir504/france.html

France History La belle France! Through the rear end of a British lorry 504 men saw little of France on that first day, November 16, 1944, that was belle. A cold drizzle fell, and on the floor of a springless lorry the condition of French roads, at best pitted and canyonized by erosion, was exaggerated in its flagrant disregard for GI comfort. What those men, whose curiosity was not completely nullified by aching bones and freezing feet, saw through a crack in the draped canvas tarpaulin was not of a nature to induce exclamations of joy. Grey, peeling, depopulated villages, strung like a necklace of barnacled oyster shells along the road, caused many a sodden GI heart to become more sodden. "Hell, where are the cabarets and winking mamselles?" Camp Sissone, some fifty acres of three story barracks, had evolutionized from a French army post in the '20s through a dark history as a German concentration camp for the FFI and panzer park to its present status as base headquarters for the 82nd Airborne Division. The division band marched briskly up and down the company streets to the traditional welcoming tune of "We're All American" as cruddy paratroopers piled out of the trucks and stretched the kinks out of cramped legs in a bee-line for the Clubmobile. Louise bobbed around like a cheerful beacon in a storm of red-eyed, dirt-lined grinning faces, shaking hands, squealing joyous hellos and for a fortunate few, planted friendly kisses on besmudged, stubbly cheeks. There were passes to Rheims, a dull cathedral city formerly famous for its champagne, but now only known for its lack, which paratroopers with benevolent interest tried to liven up until their campaign of cheer began to assume the proportions of an international Incident, bringing down the wrath of SHAEF.

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Encyclopedia Paris, city, France History Early History Julius Caesar conquered Paris in 52 B.C. Denis Armagnacs and Burgundians During the Renaissance Fronde The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries philosophes of the Enlightenment faubourgs ) as Saint-Antoine and Saint-Denis; in the opening events of the French Revolution , city mobs stormed the Bastille (July, 1789) and hauled the royal family from Versailles to Paris (Oct., 1789). Throughout the turbulent period of the Revolution the city played a central role. Napoleon to the Commune Haussmann Commune of Paris , which was bloodily suppressed. Under the Third Republic With the establishment of the Third French Republic and relative stability, Paris became the great industrial and transportation center it is today. Two epochal events in modern cultural history that took place in Paris were the first exhibition of impressionist painting (1874) and the premiere of Stravinsky's Sacre du Printemps Contemporary Paris metro Mitterrand Sections in this article: Introduction Transportation Facilities Points of Interest Government and People History Bibliography Government and People Paris, city, France

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