| 1907 |
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Entente Cordiale between France, Britain and Russia |
| 1909 |
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Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque develop Cubism |
| 1914 |
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First World war - Germany/Austria vs Britain/France/Russia |
| 1916 |
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Inconclusive battles at Verdun and Somme in France |
| 1917 |
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Death of Edgar Degas (artist) |
| 1918 |
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Death of Claude Debussy (composer) |
| 1918 |
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End of First World War (25m killed) - Versailles Conference |
| 1919 |
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Death of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (artist) |
| 1924 |
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André Breton publishes first Surrealist Manifesto |
| 1935 |
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France concludes pact of mutual assistance with Russia |
| 1936 |
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Popular Front government in France under Léon Blum |
| 1937 |
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Death of Maurice Ravel (composer) |
| 1939 |
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France enters Second World War after Hitler invades Poland |
| 1940 |
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Marshal Pétain agrees armistice with Hitler - France occupied |
| 1942 |
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Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus develop Existentialism |
| 1944 |
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D-Day - Allies make crucial push into France |
| 1944 |
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Charles de Gaulle organizes provisional government after Paris liberated |
| 1945 |
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End of Second World War (45m killed) |
| 1956 |
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Suez Crisis - Britain and France attack Egypt |
| 1958 |
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Charles de Gaulle given extensive powers in France |
| 1962 |
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Georges Pompidou takes over after vote against Charles de Gaulle |
| 1981 |
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François Mitterrand becomes first Socialist President of France |
| 1986 |
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Jacques Chirac becomes Prime Minister |
| 1994 |
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"Chunnel", rail tunnel between England and France, inaugurated |
