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 was completely lacking in logic, it had cosmic terms and hopes, and aspirations, and discoveries, and ideals but it had no logic.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“Greatness is a light-hearted title for theatrical entertainments. Or a definition endowed on men too long dead to know that it’s been awarded.”
—Arthur Ross. Leslie (Tony Curtis)
“The most revolutionary invention of the Nineteenth Century was the artificial sterilization of marriage.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“They are fools who do not know how much the half exceeds the whole.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)