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French First Republic from 1792-1804 Slavery reintroduced in the colonies Napoleon banned 20 members of the Tribunat, including Ben Constant; France goes into a concordat with the Pope, restoring Catholicism to France France sells Louisiana to the U.S. First Empire begins under Napoleon I; Napoleon releases the Napoleonic Code Napoleon crowned King of Italy; begins Austrian campaign, and defeats Russians and Austrians at Austerlitz Napoleon forms the Confederated States of the Rhine French-Russian alliance Grard de Nerval born, Papal States annexed with French Empire, Napoelon divorces Josephine Alfred de Musset born; Holland annexed to the empire; dissolution of FrenchRussian alliance; Napoleon marries Marie-Louise, daughter of Austrian Emperor Francis II Thophile Gautier born Napoleon enters and withdraws from Moscow; Napoleon leaves Grand Army French driven out of Russia and Germany Russian Army enters Paris; Napoleon relieved of his throne, provided with a pension for life and exiled to Elba; Monarchy established under Louis XVIII Napoleon returns to power for 100 days, Louis XVIII flees; Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeated; Bourbon Restoration with Louis XVIIIs return to Paris Divorce abolished Death of Mme de Stael; Voting rights and election rights granted to qualifying men Birth of Eugne Fromentin Death of Napoleon; Births of Baudelaire and Flaubert; Greek War for Independence begins Chateaubriand appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles X crowned king; Death of Louis XVIII First photograph Hugos Preface to Cromwell Greek Independence Hugo publishes Les Orientales France invades Algeria and captures Algiers Silk workers revolt in Lyon; Balzac publishes Sarrasine and Hugo publishes Notre Dame de Paris Cholera epidemic; Edouard Manet born Secret societies must come under government surveillance; Edgar Degas born Republic of Texas Queen Victoria ascends to throne of British Empire Invention of photography; Birth of Paul Czanne Claude Monet, Odilon Redon, and Auguste Rodin born Berthe Morisot and Auguste Renior born Balzac publishing novels under La Comdie humaine

1844 Birth of Paul Verlaine; Morse demonstrates the telegraph 1845 Birth of Judith Gautier 1848* Revolution, radicals proclaim the 2nd Republic under poet Alphonse de Lamartine; working classes go to war against National Guard because of nation workshops being closed (4500+ killed) 1850 Death of Balzac; Birth of Guy de Maupassant 1851 Louis Napoleon executes a coup dtat and shuts down the Assembly 1852* Second Empire under Napoleon III; first department store in Paris 1853 Strategic Beatification new boulevards, parks, sewer systems, and widening of of streets 1854 Birth of Arthur Rimbaud 1857 Death of Musset 1859 French occupation of Saigon 1860 Jules Laforgue born 1861 Pissarro and Czanne meet 1862 Hugo publishes Les Misrables 1863 Salon for people who were rejected by the original Salon established by Napoleon III 1864 Workers International created; Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec born; Jules Verne publishes Voyage au centre de la terre; liberals and bonapartists form a group that calls for individual freedom, freedom of the press, and freedom of election. 1866 Zola meets Manet 1867 Paris Worlds Fair; Death of Baudelaire; French abandon Mexico, Emperor Maximilian is executed 1868 Manet paints Zola 1869 Death of Lamartine; Flauberts LEducation sentimentale; Impressionist group begins meeting at Caf Guerbois in Paris 1870* France declares war on Prussia; Surrender of Napoleon III at Sedan, siege of Paris. 1871* Capitulation of Paris and Armistice with Bismarck; Commune takes over Paris only to be defeated by government in two months; Thiers becomes President of the Third Republic 1872 Death of Thophile Gautier; Verlaine leaves family and job to travel with Rimbaud; Monets Impression, Sunrise gives birth to Impressionism 1874 Romances sans paroles published by Verlaine 1875 Death of Millet and Corot 1876 Death of George Sand and Fromentin; Telephone invented 1877 Death of Courbet; Edison invents phonograph 1879 Edison invents electric light bulb; 1880 Death of Flaubert 1883 Death of Manet 1885 Death of Hugo 1887 Death of Laforgue; Czannes Mont Sainte-Victoire published 1889* Eiffel Tower opened 1890 Death of Van Gogh

1891 1892* 1894 1896 1898 1899 Year 1848 1852 1870 1870 1871

Death of Rimbaud; Death of Seurat Colonial uprisings in French Africa; Dreyfus affair fragments French Society Dreyfus convicted of espionage Death of Verlaine; First film by Lumire brothers Death of Mallarm Dreyfus exonerated. Events that took place while Czanne lived Revolution, radicals proclaim the 2nd Republic under poet Alphonse de Lamartine; working classes go to war against National Guard because of nation workshops being closed (4500+ killed) Second Empire under Napoleon III; first department store in Paris France declares war on Prussia; Surrender of Napoleon III at Sedan, siege of Paris. France declares war on Prussia; Surrender of Napoleon III at Sedan, siege of Paris. Capitulation of Paris and Armistice with Bismarck; Commune takes over Paris only to be defeated by government in two months; Thiers becomes President of the Third Republic Events having to do with Czannes life Czanne attended the law school of the University of Aix Czanne leaves UA for France For 5 years, the Salon rejected Czannes works Czanne stops submitting to the Salon Vollard gave Czanne his own exhibition\

Year 1859 1861 1864 1882 1895