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This is a timeline of French history, comprising important legal changes and political events in France and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of France. See also the list of Frankish kings, French monarchs, and presidents of France .
4 March – Battle of Cotonou, attack on French positions repulsed. 4 October – First Franco-Dahomean War ends in French victory. 9 October – The first brief flight of Clément Ader 's steam-powered fixed-wing aircraft Ader Éole takes place in Satory.
History of France. The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age. What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as Gaul. Greek writers noted the presence of three main ethno-linguistic groups in the area: the Gauls, Aquitani and Belgae.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Marseille, France. Prior to 17th century. 600 BCE - Massalia founded by Phocaean Greeks (approximate date). [1] [2] 49 BCE - Siege of Massilia. [1] 1st C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Marseille established. [3] ca.290 - Martyrdom of Victor of Marseilles an Egyptian Christian martyr. [2]
Poule d'Essai des Pouliches(French 1000 Guineas) The Poule d'Essai des Pouliches is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile) at Longchamp in May. It is France's equivalent of the 1000 Guineas run in Britain.
- 1,600 metres (1 mile)
- Longchamp Racecourse, Paris, France
- 1883
The Franks referred to their land as Franko (n), which became Francia in Latin in the 3rd century (then an area in Gallia Belgica, somewhere in modern-day Belgium or the Netherlands). The name Gaule ("Gaul") was also taken from the Frankish * Walholant ("Land of the Romans/Gauls").
Apr 19, 2024 · Realizing the impossibility of large-scale expansion beyond the Rhine, rulers of the Flavian dynasty (69–96) annexed the region between the middle Rhine and upper Danube rivers, roughly the Black Forest region, to secure communications between Roman garrisons, by then permanently established on both rivers.
