Library of Congress Classification:Class D, subclass DC -- History of France, Andorra, and Monaco
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Subclass DC: History of France, Andorra, and Monaco is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification
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system under Class D -- History, General and Old World
Library of Congress Classification:Class D -- History, General and Old World
Class D: History, General and Old World is a classification used by the Library of Congress classification system. This article outlines the subclasses of Class DDHistory GeneralDAHistory of Great Britain - History of Ireland - History of the British Isles...
. This article describes subclass DC.
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- 1-947..........History of FranceHistory of FranceThe history of France goes back to the arrival of the earliest human being in what is now France. Members of the genus Homo entered the area hundreds of thousands years ago, while the first modern Homo sapiens, the Cro-Magnons, arrived around 40,000 years ago...
- 1-20.5..........General
- 21-29.3..........Description and travel
- 30-34.5..........Antiquities. Social life and customs. Ethnography
- 35-424..........History
- 35-41..........General
- 44-59.8.......... MilitaryMilitary history of FranceThe military history of France encompasses an immense panorama of conflicts and struggles extending for more than 2,000 years across areas including modern France, greater Europe, and European territorial possessions overseas....
, navalFrench NavyThe French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
, and political history. Foreign relationsForeign relations of FranceA charter member of the United Nations, France holds one of the permanent seats in the Security Council and is a member of most of its specialized and related agencies.-Nicolas Sarkozy:... - 60-424..........By period
- 60-109..........Early and medievalFrance in the Middle AgesFrance in the Middle Ages covers an area roughly corresponding to modern day France, from the death of Louis the Pious in 840 to the middle of the 15th century...
to 1515- 62-64..........GaulsGaulsThe Gauls were a Celtic people living in Gaul, the region roughly corresponding to what is now France, Belgium, Switzerland and Northern Italy, from the Iron Age through the Roman period. They mostly spoke the Continental Celtic language called Gaulish....
. Celts. FranksFranksThe Franks were a confederation of Germanic tribes first attested in the third century AD as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River. From the third to fifth centuries some Franks raided Roman territory while other Franks joined the Roman troops in Gaul. Only the Salian Franks formed a... - 64.7-94..........476-1328. Merovingians. Carlovingians. Capetians
- 95-109..........1328-1515
- 96-101.7..........Hundred Years’ War, 1339-1453
- 101.9-109..........15th century. Jeanne d’Arc, SaintJoan of ArcSaint Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" , is a national heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France who claimed divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the...
- 62-64..........Gauls
- 110-424.......... Modern, 1515-Early Modern FranceKingdom of France is the early modern period of French history from the end of the 15th century to the end of the 18th century...
- 111-120..........1515-1589. 16th century
- 118.......... Massacre of St. Bartholomew, 1572St. Bartholomew's Day massacreThe St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations, followed by a wave of Roman Catholic mob violence, both directed against the Huguenots , during the French Wars of Religion...
- 118.......... Massacre of St. Bartholomew, 1572
- 120.8-130..........1589-1715. Henri IVHenry IV of FranceHenry IV , Henri-Quatre, was King of France from 1589 to 1610 and King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610. He was the first monarch of the Bourbon branch of the Capetian dynasty in France....
, Louis XIII, Louis XIV - 131-138..........1715-1789. 18th century. Louis XV, Louis XVI
- 139-249.......... RevolutionaryFrench RevolutionThe French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
and Napoleonic period, 1789-1815 - 251-354.9..........19th century
- 256-260.......... Restoration, 1815-1830Bourbon RestorationThe Bourbon Restoration is the name given to the period following the successive events of the French Revolution , the end of the First Republic , and then the forcible end of the First French Empire under Napoleon – when a coalition of European powers restored by arms the monarchy to the...
- 261-269.......... July Revolution of 1830. July Monarchy, 1830-1848July MonarchyThe July Monarchy , officially the Kingdom of France , was a period of liberal constitutional monarchy in France under King Louis-Philippe starting with the July Revolution of 1830 and ending with the Revolution of 1848...
- 270-274.5.......... February RevolutionFrench Revolution of 1848The 1848 Revolution in France was one of a wave of revolutions in 1848 in Europe. In France, the February revolution ended the Orleans monarchy and led to the creation of the French Second Republic. The February Revolution was really the belated second phase of the Revolution of 1830...
and French Second RepublicSecond Republic-Europe:* French Second Republic * Second Polish Republic * Second Hellenic Republic * Second Spanish Republic * Portuguese Second Republic, known as Estado Novo * Czechoslovak Second Republic... - 275-280.5.......... Second Empire, 1852-1870Second French EmpireThe Second French Empire or French Empire was the Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870, between the Second Republic and the Third Republic, in France.-Rule of Napoleon III:...
- 281-326.5..........Franco-German or Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871Franco-Prussian WarThe Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia was aided by the North German Confederation, of which it was a member, and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and...
- 330-354.9..........Later 19th century
- 256-260.......... Restoration, 1815-1830
- 361-424..........20th century
- 397.......... 1940-1946Military history of France during World War IIThe military history of France during World War II covers the period from 1939 until 1940, which witnessed French military participation under the French Third Republic , and the period from 1940 until 1945, which was marked by mainland and overseas military administration and influence struggles...
- 398-409.......... Fourth Republic, 1947-1958French Fourth RepublicThe French Fourth Republic was the republican government of France between 1946 and 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Third Republic, which was in place before World War II, and suffered many of the same problems...
- 411-424.......... Fifth Republic, 1958-French Fifth RepublicThe Fifth Republic is the fifth and current republican constitution of France, introduced on 4 October 1958. The Fifth Republic emerged from the collapse of the French Fourth Republic, replacing the prior parliamentary government with a semi-presidential system...
- 397.......... 1940-1946
- 111-120..........1515-1589. 16th century
- 60-109..........Early and medieval
- 600-801..........Local history and description
- 601.1-609.83..........North, East, etc. France
- 611.......... RegionsRégions of FranceFrance is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
, provincesProvinces of FranceThe Kingdom of France was organised into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département system superseded provinces. The provinces of France were roughly equivalent to the historic counties of England...
, departments, etc., A-Z - 701-790..........ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
- 801..........Other cities, towns, etc., A-Z
- 921-930..........AndorraAndorraAndorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...
- 941-947..........MonacoMonacoMonaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...