French Third Republic

French Third Republic was a state in France and the Low Countries (Europe) that lasted from 1870 to 1940 CE, about 70 years. Its people spoke Latin and Romance languages (Latin, Italic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian).

The longest-lived French regime since 1789. It separated church and state, built a second colonial empire and won the First World War, then fell to the German invasion of 1940.

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Facts

Dates

1870 to 1940 CE

Duration

70 years

Type

State

Region

France and the Low Countries, Europe

Language family

Latin and Romance

Capital

Paris

Came from

• Second French Empire 1852 to 1870 CE

Became

• Vichy France 1940 to 1944 CE

Events in Europe during its time

• 1871 Unification of Germany
• 1914 First World War begins
• 1917 Russian Revolution
• 1939 Second World War begins

Neighbours in Europe

• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE
• Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 CE
• German Empire 1871 to 1918 CE
• Nazi Germany 1933 to 1945 CE
• Papal States 756 to 1870 CE
• Kingdom of Portugal 1139 to 1910 CE
• Kingdom of Bohemia 1198 to 1918 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• 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
• Zulu Kingdom 1816 to 1897 CE, Central and Southern Africa

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