The History of France from 1789 to 1914 (the long 19th century) extends from the French Revolution to World War I and includes:
- French Revolution (1789–1792)
- French First Republic (1792–1804)
- First French Empire under Napoleon I (1804–1814/1815)
- Bourbon Restoration under Louis XVIII and Charles X (1814/1815–1830)
- July Monarchy under Louis Philippe d'Orléans (1830–1848)
- Second Republic (1848–1852)
- Second Empire under Napoleon III (1852–1870)
- Long Depression (1873-1890)
- Belle Époque (1890-1914)
Famous quotes containing the words nineteenth century, france, long, nineteenth and/or century:
“The nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, Darwin and Renan, the one the critic of the Book of Nature, the other the critic of the books of God. Not to recognise this is to miss the meaning of one of the most important eras in the progress of the world.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
““Eh Bien you like this sacred pig of a country?” asked Marco.
“Why not? I like it anywhere. It’s all the same, in France you are paid badly and live well; here you are paid well and live badly.””
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)
“I long to be in the midst of the children, and have more pleasure in their little follies than in the wisdom of the wise.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“There is one great fact, characteristic of this our nineteenth century, a fact which no party dares deny. On the one hand, there have started into life industrial and scientific forces which no epoch of former human history had ever suspected. On the other hand, there exist symptoms of decay, far surpassing the horrors recorded of the latter times of the Roman empire. In our days everything seems pregnant with its contrary.”
—Karl Marx (1818–1883)
“It is curious to note the old sea-margins of human thought! Each subsiding century reveals some new mystery; we build where monsters used to hide themselves.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)