Key dates in French history
The 52 dates to know, from Alesia (52 BC) to the euro (2002), period by period: the date of each event. Also on the Explorer's timeline, with the dynasties and regimes.
- 52 cards
- 4 topics
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The outline, topic by topic
Each topic is weighted the way the exam weighs it.
- Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- Early modern period
- Revolution and the 19th century
- 20th and 21st centuries
A few cards from the deck
Battle of Alesia: Vercingetorix surrenders to Caesar — in which year?
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52 BC
Fall of the Western Roman Empire — in which year?
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476
Baptism of Clovis — in which year?
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496
The traditional date; historians place it between 496 and 508.
Battle of Tours: Charles Martel stops an Umayyad army — in which year?
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732
Charlemagne crowned emperor in Rome — in which year?
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800
Treaty of Verdun: the Carolingian empire is divided — in which year?
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843