French Fourth Republic

French Fourth Republic was a state in France and the Low Countries (Europe) that lasted from 1946 to 1958 CE, about 12 years. Its people spoke Latin and Romance languages (Latin, Italic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian).

A parliamentary republic of unstable coalitions that rebuilt France and co-founded the EEC, then foundered on the wars in Indochina and Algeria.

See French Fourth Republic on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1946 to 1958 CE

Duration

12 years

Type

State

Region

France and the Low Countries, Europe

Language family

Latin and Romance

Capital

Paris

Came from

• Vichy France 1940 to 1944 CE

Became

• French Fifth Republic 1958 CE to the present

Events in Europe during its time

• 1957 Treaty of Rome

Neighbours in Europe

• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present
• Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 CE
• Kingdom of Sweden 1721 CE to the present
• Kingdom of the Netherlands 1815 CE to the present
• Romania (United Principalities and Kingdom) 1859 to 1947 CE
• Kingdom of Italy 1861 to 1946 CE
• Italian Republic 1946 CE to the present
• French Fifth Republic 1958 CE to the present
• Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1945 to 1992 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia
• Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present, Oceania
• British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE, South Asia
• Indonesia 1945 CE to the present, Southeast Asia
• Empire of Japan 1868 to 1947 CE, East Asia
• Republic of India 1947 CE to the present, South Asia
• People's Republic of China 1949 CE to the present, East Asia

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