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== 1500s ==
== 1500s ==
* 1555: France attempts to create a colony in Rio de Janerio, Brazil called 'French Antarctique'.
* 1555: France attempts to create a colony in Rio de Janerio, now [[Brazil]] called 'French Antarctique'
* 1562: France attempts to create a colony in Florida called Fort Caroline.
* 1562: France attempts to create a colony in Florida, now USA called Fort Caroline.
* 1565: France abandons Fort Caroline after a conflict with the [[Spanish Empire]].
* 1565: France abandons Fort Caroline after a conflict with the [[Spanish Empire]].
* 1567: France abandons French Antarctique.
* 1567: France abandons French Antarctique.


== 1600s ==
== 1600s ==
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* 1605: France colonizes Nova Scotia, now [[Canada]].
* 1608: France colonizes Quebec, now Canada.
* 1624: France colonists [[French Guiana]].
* 1624: France establishes trading posts on the coast of [[Senegal]].
* 1625: France colonizes part of [[Saint Kitts and Nevis|Saint Kitts]], shared with the British Empire.
* 1635: France colonizes Guadelope and Martinique.
* 1650: France colonizes [[Saint Lucia]].
* 1660: France begins the [[Carib Expulsion]], involving killing, enslaving or deporting the remaining survivors to Dominica and [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Saint Vincent]].
* 1664: France colonizes [[Haiti]].
* 1664: France colonizes Réunion.
* 1673: France colonizes parts of India, establishing the city of Chandernagore.
* 1674: France colonizes Pondichéry in India.
* 1680: France colonizes Illinois, now USA.


== 1700s ==
== 1700s ==
* 1713: Following the War of the Spanish Succession, France is forced to give away Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Saint Kitts to the British Empire.
* 1718: France colonizes [[Mauritius]].
* 1723: France colonizes Yanam in India.
* 1725: France colonizes Mahe in India.
* 1739: France colonizes Karikal in India.
* 1756: France colonizes the [[Seychelles]].
* 1791: The Haitian Revolution begins as the first major anti-colonial revolt against the French.


== 1800s ==
== 1800s ==
* 1804:
* 1815: France has its colonies returned to it by Britain, at this point consisting of Guadelope, Martinique, French Guiana, trading posts in Senegal, Réunion and France's cities in India. However, the British Empire claims the Seychelles, Mauritius, Tobago and Saint Lucia.
* 1830: France seizes the city of Algiers from the [[Ottoman Empire]].
* 1884: France colonies [[Vietnam]].
* 1893: France colonies [[Laos]].


== 1900s ==
== 1900s ==
* 1947: France begins the suppression of the [[Malagasy Uprising]], using methods mass execution, torture, war rape, torching of entire villages, collective punishment and other atrocities such as throwing live Malagasy prisoners out of an airplane (death flights), estimates for death in the conflict range from 11,000 to 100,000.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malagasy_Uprising Malagasy Uprising]</ref>
* 1945: French colonial police [[Setif and Guelma Massacre|massacre]] Algerian protesters, killing thousands of people.
* 1954: France begins to fight against an [[Algerian Revolution|anti-colonial revolution in Algeria]], the conflict kills between 250,000 and 300,000 people and turns 3,000,000 into refugees.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_War Algerian War]</ref>
* 1945: An anti-colonial revolution begins in Vietnam as rebels led by [[Ho Chi Minh]] fight for an independent Vietnam.
* 1947: France brutally [[Malagasy Uprising|suppresses an attempted anti-colonial revolt]] in Madagascar.
* 1954: France decolonizes Vietnam as the country is split into two.
* 1954: The [[Algerian Revolution]] begins as the most famous anti-colonial revolt in the French Empire.
* 1956: France decolonizes [[Tunisia]].
* 1958: France decolonizes [[Guinea]].
* 1960: France decolonizes its colonies in Africa, leading to the formation of [[Cameroon]], [[Togo]], [[Madagascar]], [[Mali]], [[Senegal]], [[Benin]], [[Niger]], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Chad]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Republic of the Congo]], [[Gabon]] and [[Mauritania]].
* 1962: France withdraws from [[Algeria]] as the country becomes independent.
* 1975: France decolonizes the [[Comoros]].
* 1977: France decolonizes [[Djibouti]].
* 1980: France decolonizes [[Vanuatu]], becoming its last act of decolonisation.
* 1987: France participates in the coup that ousts [[Thomas Sankara]] from being leader of [[Burkina Faso]].


== 2000s ==
== 2000s ==
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Latest revision as of 17:44, 3 April 2024

A timeline of the creation and maintenance of the French Empire.

1500s

  • 1555: France attempts to create a colony in Rio de Janerio, now Brazil called 'French Antarctique'
  • 1562: France attempts to create a colony in Florida, now USA called Fort Caroline.
  • 1565: France abandons Fort Caroline after a conflict with the Spanish Empire.
  • 1567: France abandons French Antarctique.

1600s

  • 1605: France colonizes Nova Scotia, now Canada.
  • 1608: France colonizes Quebec, now Canada.
  • 1624: France colonists French Guiana.
  • 1624: France establishes trading posts on the coast of Senegal.
  • 1625: France colonizes part of Saint Kitts, shared with the British Empire.
  • 1635: France colonizes Guadelope and Martinique.
  • 1650: France colonizes Saint Lucia.
  • 1660: France begins the Carib Expulsion, involving killing, enslaving or deporting the remaining survivors to Dominica and Saint Vincent.
  • 1664: France colonizes Haiti.
  • 1664: France colonizes Réunion.
  • 1673: France colonizes parts of India, establishing the city of Chandernagore.
  • 1674: France colonizes Pondichéry in India.
  • 1680: France colonizes Illinois, now USA.

1700s

  • 1713: Following the War of the Spanish Succession, France is forced to give away Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Saint Kitts to the British Empire.
  • 1718: France colonizes Mauritius.
  • 1723: France colonizes Yanam in India.
  • 1725: France colonizes Mahe in India.
  • 1739: France colonizes Karikal in India.
  • 1756: France colonizes the Seychelles.
  • 1791: The Haitian Revolution begins as the first major anti-colonial revolt against the French.

1800s

  • 1804:
  • 1815: France has its colonies returned to it by Britain, at this point consisting of Guadelope, Martinique, French Guiana, trading posts in Senegal, Réunion and France's cities in India. However, the British Empire claims the Seychelles, Mauritius, Tobago and Saint Lucia.
  • 1830: France seizes the city of Algiers from the Ottoman Empire.
  • 1884: France colonies Vietnam.
  • 1893: France colonies Laos.

1900s

2000s

See Also

References

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