Historical background

The chronological breakdown is inspired by the history-genealogy site:

– Ancien régime (1498-1788)

- Beginning of the old regime in Piedmont, Provence, Baronnies and Cevennes (1498-1600)
- The life of the Waldensians in La Roque d’Anthéron (1640-1690)
- Reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715)
  - Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685)
- Regency period (1715-1723)
  - The plague of Marseille (1720-1722)
- Reign of Louis XV (1723-1774)
  - The first French expedition around the world, Bougainville (1766-1769)
- Reign of Louis XVI (1774-1793)
  - La Pérouse’s expedition around the world (1785-1788)
– Revolution and Empire (1788-1815)
- Revolution (1788-1804)
  - The oath of the jeu de paume (June 20, 1789)
- First Empire (1804-1814)
– 19th century (1815-1914)
- Restoration period (1814-1830)
  - François GUIZOT, the historian
- Monarchie de Juillet (1830-1847)
- Second Republic (1848-1852)
  - Germany, emigration, Algeria
  - Coup d’état of prince-president Bonaparte (December 2, 1851)
- Second Empire (1852-1870)
  - The Siege of Sevastopol (1855)
  - Switzerland, emigration, USA
- Third Republic (Part 1, 1870-1914)
  - Vincent van Gogh à Arles (1888-1890)
  - The fire at the Bazar de la Charité (Paris, May 4, 1897)
– 20th century (1914-1990)
- World War I (1914-1918)
- World War II (1939-1945)