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2 unusual facts about French colonial empire


French colonial empire

This resulted in the Fashoda Incident, where an expedition led by Jean-Baptiste Marchand was opposed by forces under Lord Kitchener's command.

Jean Louis Georges Poiret

Jean Louis Georges Poiret (1872 - 1932) was Lieutenant-Governor of Guinea when it was a French colony.


1883 in France

25 August - Treaty of Hué signed between Nguyễn Dynasty Emperor of Viet Nam and the French Empire, recognizing French imperial control over the regions of Annam and Tonkin.

Administrative divisions of Chad

On September 5, 1900, a decree signed by the French President Émile Loubet officially created the Territoire militaire des pays et protectorats du Tchad as part of the growing French colonial empire.

Cummerbund

Some current French regiments, related to the French colonial history, still retain cummerbunds as part of their full dress uniform (notably the French Foreign Legion and the Spahis).

HLM

The level of social construction did not significantly rise until minister Pierre Courant launched an ambitious plan in 1956, warranted by the increased rate of immigration from France's former colonies.

Marc-Edmond Dominé

Marc-Edmond Dominé (21 June 1848 - 28 June 1921) was a French Army officer who served in the Franco-Prussian War, the Sino-French War, and in the various territories of the French colonial empire.

Settat

This development was disrupted in the early 20th century during the early chaos of the French colonization when the Chaouia tribes rallied to Moulay Hafid.


see also

Alfred Martineau

Alfred Albert Martineau (1857–1941), Governor-General in the French Colonial Empire

Henry Bérenger

Under the first government of Léon Blum (in office 4 June 1936 – 22 June 1937) Théodore Steeg was appointed head of a commission to study socio-economic conditions in the French colonial empire.

Indochine

French Indochina, the part of the French colonial empire in Indochina.

Laugier

Léonce Laugier, Governor General for Inde française in the Second French Colonial Empire under Third Republic

Richaud

Étienne Richaud, Governor General for Inde française in the Second French Colonial Empire under Third Republic