Gauls settled here in 200 BC. In BC 1 century, Caesar, then governor of Gaul, occupied the whole Gaul and was ruled by Rome for 500 years. In the 5th century, the Franks conquered Gaul and established the Frankish Kingdom. Among them, West Frank is the embryonic form of France. /kloc-after the 0/0 century, feudal society developed rapidly. 1337, the British king coveted the French throne, and the "Hundred Years War" broke out. In early France, a large area was occupied by Britain, and the French king was captured. After that, the French people waged an anti-aggression war, ending the Hundred Years' War in 1453. A centralized country was formed from the end of 15 to the beginning of 16. /kloc-in the middle of the 0/7th century, absolute monarchy reached its peak under the rule of Louis XIV, and France also became a big European country. However, in the middle and late period of Louis XIV's rule, in order to compete for European hegemony, foreign wars continued, which consumed a lot of national strength and the country began to weaken. 1 1 After the death of Voltaire and Rousseau, with the development of bourgeois forces,1In July 789, Paris citizens captured the Bastille with weapons. At that time, only seven people were held in the prison, but the citizens fought fiercely for it for a day and sacrificed 98 people. 1789 On August 26th, the program of the French Revolution, the Declaration of Human Rights and Civil Rights, was formally adopted. 1789- 1792, the constitutionalists (Yang Fei School) came to power. During this period, France implemented a constitutional monarchy. The Great Revolution abolished the monarchy and established the first republic on September 22nd, 1792. 1799165438+1October 9 (foggy month 18), Napoléon Bonaparte seized power, 1804 65438 On February 2, Notre Dame held a grand coronation ceremony, and Napoléon Bonaparte became the emperor of the first French empire. 181April 13 Napoleon signed the abdication edict, and the first empire of France perished. On May 3rd of the same year, the Earl of Provence, who was in exile in Britain, returned to China and acceded to the throne as King Louis Stanislas Xavier of France. 1865438+In March 2005, Napoleon returned to Paris to rebuild his empire and establish the Hundred Days Dynasty. 18 15, Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo and abdicated. Louis Stanislas Xavier returned to Paris on July 8th and restored the Bourbon dynasty. 1830 In July, the July Revolution broke out in France and the July Dynasty was established. 1848 February, the "French February Revolution" broke out and the Second Republic was established. 185 1 year, President louis bonaparte launched a coup, and the second empire was established in 12 year the following year. 1871March18, the people of Paris held an armed uprising and established the Paris commune. At the end of May of the same year, it was brutally suppressed by the French army. 1870 After the defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, France established the Third Republic in September of 187 1 2000, until the French Petain government surrendered to Germany in June of 1940, and the Third Republic ended. 1944, Charles de Gaulle's "Free France" liberated France. 1June, 944, an interim government was announced, headed by Charles de Gaulle. 1946 In June, the Constitution was adopted and the Fourth Republic was established. 1958 In September, the new Constitution was adopted and the Fifth Republic was established. 1958 February, Charles de Gaulle was elected president. 1959, France announced that it accepted the national self-determination of colonial Algeria, thus starting to bid farewell to colonialism. 1963, France and the Federal Republic of Germany signed the Franco-German Friendship Treaty, and since then, they have reconciled with their old enemy Germany. 1964 65438+1On October 27th, France established diplomatic relations with New China, becoming the first western power to recognize New China. 1966, France announced its withdrawal from NATO military integration organization and only participated in some NATO activities. It also ordered countries to withdraw their troops and bases on French territory within one year. Mitterrand, a socialist, was elected president in May. In June, the National Assembly general election was held, and the Socialist Party won 55% of the seats and became the largest party in France. 1986, in the national assembly election in March, the socialist party was frustrated, and there was a situation in which the left-wing president and the right-wing prime minister coexisted, which had never happened since the founding of the Fifth Republic. 1992, the EU treaty was signed in Maastricht, the Netherlands.