Category:History of France by period


 * Ancient Gaul - Pre-Roman Gaul, to its full annexation by Caesar in 52 BC.
 * Roman Gaul - from Gallia Transalpina's establishment in 121 BC to the end of Roman control in 486 AD.
 * Medieval France - 486 to 1492
 * Franks - 486 to 884
 * Merovingian period
 * Carolingian period
 * Medieval Catalan and Occitan history
 * House of Valois - 1328 to 1589
 * Ancien Régime - 1492 to 1792
 * French Revolution - 1792 to 1799
 * First French Empire - 1799 to 1814
 * Bourbon Restoration - 1814 to 1830
 * July Monarchy - 1830 to 1848
 * French Second Republic - 1848 to 1852
 * Second French Empire - 1852 to 1870
 * French Third Republic - 1870/75 to 10 July 1940
 * France in World War II
 * End of Third Republic
 * Vichy regime - 1940 to 1944
 * Free France - 1940 to 1944
 * Contemporary French history - 1944 to present