1891
Franco-Russian alliance
1904
Entente cordiale between Britain and France
1905
First Moroccan crisis
1908
Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1911
Second Moroccan crisis
1914
28 June Assassination of Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo
3 August Germany declares war on France
6-13 September Battle the Marne
1915
Italy enters the war on the Allies' side
1916
February-December Battle of Verdun
1917
2 April America declares war on Germany
16 April Nivelle offensive
October Communists take power in Russia
November Clemenceau becomes prime minister
1918
March German offensive August Allied counterattack
11 November Armistice
1919
28 June Signing of Versailles Treaty
14 November Election landslide for the bloc
national
1920
1 May Strikes on the railways
December Creation of the Parti communiste fran?ais
(PCF) at the Congress of Tours
1923
Occupation of the Ruhr by French troops
1924
11 May Election victory of the cartel des gauches
1926
Poincar? returns as prime minister
1928
25 June Franc is returned to the gold standard
1929
Young Plan drastically reschedules German
reparations
1931
16 May Colonial Exhibition opens in Paris