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| 1890 | Birth |  |
| 22nd Nov Lille Birth of Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle |
| 1909 | Education | |
| Pases the entrance examination to St Cyr |
| 1916 | Arrest | |
| Ingolstadt Imprisoned by the Germans at Ingolstadt, Bavaria |
| 1916 | Battle of Verdun | |
| Verdun Taken prisoner during the battle of Verdun |
| 2nd Mar Verdun It is officially thought de Gaulle died in battle |
| 2nd Mar Verdun "posthumously" awarded the Legion of Honour |
| 2nd Mar Verdun Wounded in battle & captured by the Germans |
| 1925 | Secretariat | |
| Appointed Member of Marshal Petain's Secretariat |
| 1927 | Major | |
| Appointed Major |
| 1927 | Rule of Rhineland | |
| Rhineland Serves in the Rhineland occupation, World for the year 1927">1927-World for the year 1929">1929 |
| 1932 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Appointed Lieutenant Colonel |
| 1932 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Le Fil de L'epee" |
| 1932 | Secretary CSDN | |
| Appointed Secretary of the Conseil Superieur de Defense Nationale |
| 1934 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Vers l'Armee de Metier" |
| 1938 | Colonel | |
| Appointed Colonel |
| 1938 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "La France et son Armee" |
| 1940 | Battle of Abbeville | |
| 28th May Abbeville Holds the Germans up at Abbeville |
| 1940 | Battle of Montcornet | |
| May Montcornet Holds the Germans up at Montcornet |
| 17th May Montcornet Prepares to sever Guderian's supply lines at Montcornet but is beaten back |
| 1940 | Brigadier General | |
| 5th June Appointed Brigadier-General |
| 1940 | Broadcast | |
| 18th June London Broadcasts to the French people declaring that the War for France is not over |
| 1940 | Commander | |
| 11th May Appointed Commander of the 4th Armoured Division |
| 1940 | Invasion of France | |
| 16th May Laon Joined by an embryo staff & remants of General Petiet's Cavalry at Laon |
| 17th May Ardennes Launches an attack on the "Bulge" from the nth & sth |
| 17th May Montcornet Prepares to sever Guderian's supply lines at Montcornet but is beaten back |
| 30th May Realizes that France will be over-run by the Germans |
| 1940 | Mobilization | |
| Jan Draws up a memo for armoured units to counter German invasion of Holland & Belgium |
| 9th June London Arranges transportation of 500,000 French soldiers to continue the war in nth Africa |
| 1940 | Siege of Montcornet | |
| 17th May Montcornet Prepares to sever Guderian's supply lines at Montcornet but is beaten back |
| 1940 | Siege of Paris | |
| 15th May Paris Informed Touchon will try to create a defensive line outside Paris |
| 1940 | Trial | |
| Vichy Deserts from the Vichy Government & is sentenced to death |
| 1940 | Under Secretary | |
| 5th June Appointed Under Secretary of State for War |
| 1942 | Armee Secrete | |
| Forms the Armee Secrete, a nucleus for the French uprising at the Liberation |
| 1942 | Fighting France | |
| 18th June London Holds a rally in the Albert Hall in front of 10,000 French who sing the "Marseillaise" |
| 14th July London Announces on Bastille Day that his movement will be known as "Fighting France" |
| 1942 | General | |
| 7th Nov Madagascar Appoints Legentilhomme High Commissioner of Madagascar |
| 1942 | Invasion of Madagascar | |
| Madagascar Submits plans to the British for the succesful Free French invasion of Madagascar |
| 1942 | Ironclad | |
| 7th Nov Madagascar Agrees with Britain to appoint Legentilhomme High Commissioner of Madagascar |
| 1943 | Conference of Algiers | |
| 29th May Algiers 29 May-3 June, agrees to set up a joint Committee for National Liberation of France |
| 1943 | Free French | |
| Algiers Establishes a provisional French Government in Algeria |
| 1943 | Independence | |
| 3rd June Algiers Founds Committee of National Liberation in Algeria |
| 3rd June Algiers The Comm of National Liberation allows Algeria to have a say in running their country |
| 1944 | Capture of Paris | |
| 25th Aug Paris Enters Paris after its surrender by the Germans |
| 1944 | Committee Algiers | |
| 3rd June Algiers The Algiers Committee declares itself the Provisional Government of France |
| 1944 | Constitution | |
| A fortnight after the liberation the Provisional Government in Algiers moves to Paris |
| President of the Provisional Government prior to the establishment of the 4th Republic |
| The Government of National Unanimity is formed |
| 3rd June The Algiers Committee declares itself the Provisional Government of France |
| 28th Aug Announces resistance organisations & Liberation Committees will have advisory roles |
| 28th Aug Announces the Government will run centrally |
| 1944 | Diplomacy | |
| Oct Paris Disagrees with Churchill about de Gaulle's policy for avoiding creating a western bloc |
| 26th Oct Paris At a press conference criticizes the Allies for failing to supply France with arms |
| Dec Paris France & Russia agree to a Franco-Soviet Pact |
| Dec River Rhine Supports Russia's border at the Oder-Niesse for the left bank of the Rhine |
| Dec Moscow Visits Moscow to raise arms for the French Army |
| 1944 | Dissolution Resistance | |
| 28th Aug Paris The French Resistance is dissolved |
| 1944 | FFI | |
| Feb Founds the French Forces of the Interior to control the activities of the Resistance |
| 1944 | Government | |
| 3rd June The Algiers Committee declares itself the Provisional Government of France |
| 1944 | Head Government Gaulle | |
| 26th Aug Paris Appointed of the Provisional Government |
| 1944 | Liberation Paris | |
| 26th Aug Paris Walks in triumph down the Champs Elysees |
| 1944 | Metro | |
| 11th Sep Paris Services on the Paris ian metro are resumed |
| 1944 | Mobilization | |
| Dec Moscow Visits Moscow to raise arms for the French Army |
| 1944 | Pact | |
| Dec Paris France & Russia agree to a Franco-Soviet Pact |
| 1944 | President | |
| 13th Nov Appointed President of the Fourth Republic of France |
| 1944 | Provisional Government | |
| Paris A fortnight after the liberation the Provisional Government in Algiers moves to Paris |
| 1944 | Provisional Government of France | |
| 3rd June Algiers The Algiers Committee declares itself the Provisional Government of France |
| 1944 | Rule of Rhineland | |
| Oct Rhineland Despite appeals from Churchill the Rhine becomes a French sphre of interest |
| 1945 | Reform | |
| Paris Women are given the vote |
| 1945 | Rule of Saarland | |
| Saarland The Saar is occupied by French troops & economically incorporated into France |
| 1945 | Surrender | |
| 8th May Paris Makes the official announcement of victory over the Axis powers in Europe at 3 pm |
| 1945 | Victory in Europe VE Day | |
| 8th May Paris Makes the official announcement of victory over the Axis powers in Europe at 3 pm |
| 1946 | Bombing of Haiphong | |
| 23rd Nov Haiphong Negotiations with the Vietminh break down at Fontainbleau & bombing resumes |
| 1946 | Constitution | |
| The provisional Government is reformed |
| 1946 | Diplomacy | |
| Paris After the accord with the Vietminh French troops return Nth to replace the Chinese |
| 1946 | Independence | |
| Paris France recognizes Vietnam as a "free state" within the French Union |
| 1946 | Negotiations Fontainbleau | |
| 23rd Nov Fontainbleau Negotiations with the Vietminh break down & the bombing of Haiphong begins |
| 1946 | Resignation | |
| Paris The new Republic does not have enough executive power or a strong President |
| 1947 | Party Leader | |
| Paris Appointed Party Leader of the Rassemblement du Peuple Francais |
| 1947 | RPF | |
| Paris Founds the Rassemblement du Peuple Francais, a new anti-communist party |
| 1950 | Battle of Caobang | |
| Caobang The French are defeated in their war with Vietnam at a key post on the Chinese border |
| 1958 | Diplomacy | |
| Paris The Peoples Republic of the Congo becomes a member of the French Community |
| 1958 | President | |
| 8th Jan Appointed President of the 5th Republic |
| 1958 | Referendum | |
| 1st June Paris Offers the Algerians a referendum to decide their future |
| 1959 | Independence | |
| Paris Comes to power in France & offers a plan for Algerian self-determination |
| 1960 | Assassination | |
| 22nd April Paris Narrowly escapes an assassination attempt |
| 1960 | Blockade of Algeria | |
| 23rd April A financial & economic blockade of Algeria is agreed in principle |
| 1960 | Broadcast | |
| 29th Jan Paris After "l'affaire des barricades" in Algiers appeals for order |
| 29th Jan Paris Speaks of the "national legitamacy that I incarnate & have done for 20 years" |
| 23rd April Paris Condemns the 4 retired generals leading the rebellion in Algeria |
| 23rd April Paris Forbids anyone to follow the orders of the rebellious generals in Algeria |
| 1960 | Death | |
| 22nd April Paris Narrowly escapes an assassination attempt |
| 1960 | Diplomacy | |
| Paris Visited by Khruschev but de Gaulle does not change his pro-German policy over Berlin |
| 1960 | Independence | |
| Paris The Peoples Republic of the Congo is granted full independence |
| 20th Aug Senegal becomes independent |
| 1960 | Launch SS | |
| 11th May St Nazaire Launches the World's longest liner at St Nazaire |
| 1960 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 13th Feb France explodes its first atomic bomb in the Sahara desert, it has a yield of 60-70 kilotons |
| 1960 | Plot | |
| 8th Sep The OAS attempt to assassinate de Gaulle as a last hope to save French Algeria |
| 1960 | State of Emergency | |
| 22nd April Under article 16 of the Constitution de Gaulle assumes dictatorial emergency powers |
| 1960 | Summit | |
| 16th May Paris Attends the Allied Summit in Paris |
| 1961 | Diplomacy | |
| Paris President Kennedy visits de Gaulle |
| 1961 | European Union | |
| 5th Sep Paris "The 6 have always wanted other countries, & particularly Britain to join" |
| 1962 | Concorde | |
| 29th Nov Paris The British & French governments agree to build what will become Concorde |
| 1962 | Diplomacy | |
| Paris Tours Germany to support Franco-German nationalism |
| 14th Jan Paris Makes a speech excluding Great Britain from the Common Market |
| 1962 | Election | |
| 25th Aug Paris Elected President of the 5th Republic |
| 1962 | Fouchet Plan | |
| Paris Draws up the Fouchet Plan for a union of European based around the EU |
| Paris The Fouchet Plan is vetoed by the Dutch who see it as anti-British |
| 1962 | Unification | |
| Paris Draws up the Fouchet Plan for a union of European based around the EU |
| Paris The Fouchet Plan is vetoed by the Dutch who see it as anti-British |
| 1963 | Diplomacy | |
| Baden Baden Provides for regular summits & cooperation in foreign, economic & cultural affairs |
| Rejects USAoffer of Polaris missiles & a 3 country nuclear pact with USA & Britain |
| 1963 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| Paris Rejects USAoffer of Polaris missiles & a 3 country nuclear pact with USA & Britain |
| Rejects USAoffer of Polaris missiles & a 3 country nuclear pact with USA & Britain |
| 1963 | Pact | |
| Rejects USAoffer of Polaris missiles & a 3 country nuclear pact with USA & Britain |
| 1963 | Treaty of France | |
| Baden Baden Provides for regular summits & cooperation in foreign, economic & cultural affairs |
| Baden Baden Signed with Chancellor Adenauer |
| 1964 | Anniversary | |
| Paris Refuses to attend the 20th anniversary because tpp few French troops partake |
| 1965 | Burial | |
| Paris Refuses to give Weygand a State Funeral |
| 1965 | Election | |
| Paris Re-elected President of the Fifth Republic |
| 4th Nov Paris Announces he will present himself as a Presidential candidite in the elections |
| 5th Dec In the 1st round polls 43%, Mitterrand 27% & Lecanuet 20%, a 2nd round is required |
| 12th Dec Wins the 2nd & final round with 54.6% to Mitterrand's 45.4% |
| 1966 | NATO | |
| Paris Takes France out of NATO & removes NATO installations |
| 1967 | Diplomacy | |
| Paris De Gaulle Vetoes British membership of the EC |
| 25th July Quebec Visits Quebec & announces "Vive le Quebec", celebrating her centennial as a Dominion |
| 1968 | Explosion Hydrogen Bomb | |
| 25th Aug Paris France explodes a hydrogen in the Sth Pacific & becomes the 5th nuclear power |
| 1968 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 25th Aug France explodes a hydrogen in the Sth Pacific & becomes the 5th nuclear power |
| 1968 | Rebellion | |
| Baden Baden Retreats to Baden-Baden during a rebellion which threatens to overthrow the government |
| 1969 | Concorde | |
| 2nd Mar The first prototype of the Concorde makes it's maiden flight |
| 1969 | Demonstrations | |
| 29th May Paris An anti-Gaullist demonstration is held by a communist led trades union |
| 1969 | Diplomacy | |
| 6th Jan Paris France bans the sale of military supplies to Israel |
| Feb Paris Meets Nixon to agree a friendly policy toward China |
| 22nd April Paris Meets Mana'ch & says Washington will open talks with China & support its UN membership |
| 1969 | Referendum | |
| 25th April Paris In a broadcast to the French nation says he will resign if the government is defeated |
| 27th April Paris France rejects the government's plans for regional & Senate reform |
| 27th April Paris Loses the referendum on "participation" by 53% to 47% |
| 1969 | Resignation | |
| 28th April Paris Makes a broadcast saying, "I am ceasing to exercise my functions as President" |
| 1970 | Death | |
| 9th Nov Colombey Death of Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle, aged 79 at Colombey |