French Third Republic

1870 – 1940 · up to 12,753 thousand km² · Africa, Asia

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Capital: Paris

The French Third Republic was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France during World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government. The French Third Republic was a parliamentary republic.

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Predecessors: Second French Empire

Successors: Vichy France

Rulers

Franks and France: Third Republic 1870 – 1940

Events on its territory

1874 First Impressionist exhibition
1876 Yablochkov candle
1889 Eiffel Tower
1889 Van Gogh's The Starry Night
1895 First Lumière film screening
1910 Earth passes through Halley's Comet's tail
1919 Treaty of Versailles
1937 Picasso's Guernica