French Third Republic

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former sovereign state historical period republic

The French Third Republic was the republican government of France from 1870 to 1940, marked by parliamentary dominance, frequent changes of government, and the Dreyfus Affair, and ending with the German invasion in World War II.

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Label Occurrences
French Third Republic canonical 243
Third French Republic 47
Third Republic 4

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former sovereign state ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
republic ⓘ
alliedWith Russian Empire during World War I ⓘ
United Kingdom during World War I ⓘ
United States during World War I ⓘ
capital Paris ⓘ
characteristic frequent changes of government ⓘ
strong role of political parties ⓘ
weak executive power ⓘ
colonialPolicy expansion of French colonial empire in Africa and Asia ⓘ
constitutionalLawAdopted Constitutional Laws of 1875 ⓘ
constitutionalSystem parliamentary supremacy ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country France ⓘ
currency French franc ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic universal male suffrage ⓘ
dissolved 1940 ⓘ
educationPolicy secular public education reforms ⓘ
enactedLaw French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905 ⓘ
surface form: 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State
endDate 10 July 1940 ⓘ
endedBy Battle of France ⓘ
surface form: German invasion of France in World War II
established 1870 ⓘ
flag French tricolour ⓘ
surface form: Flag of France
governmentForm parliamentary republic ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the Council of Ministers ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of the French Republic ⓘ
historicalReputation longest-lasting French republic before the Fifth Republic ⓘ
keyIssue church–state separation ⓘ
legislativeBody Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
Senate of France ⓘ
legislature Parliament of France ⓘ
surface form: French Parliament
majorPoliticalCrisis Dreyfus affair ⓘ
majorPoliticalCrisisEnd 1906 ⓘ
majorPoliticalCrisisStart 1894 ⓘ
nationalMotto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité ⓘ
notableEducationReformer Jules Ferry ⓘ
notablePresident Adolphe Thiers ⓘ
Albert Lebrun ⓘ
Armand Fallières ⓘ
Félix Faure ⓘ
Jules Grévy ⓘ
Patrice de MacMahon ⓘ
Raymond Poincaré ⓘ
Émile Loubet ⓘ
notablePrimeMinister Georges Clemenceau ⓘ
Jules Ferry ⓘ
Léon Gambetta ⓘ
Édouard Daladier ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
participatedIn Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
interwar period diplomacy ⓘ
politicalOrientation anticlericalism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
precededBy Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second French Empire
predecessorEvent Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
collapse of the Second French Empire ⓘ
signedTreaty Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
startDate 4 September 1870 ⓘ
stateIdeology laïcité ⓘ
succeededBy French State (Vichy regime) ⓘ
Vichy ⓘ
surface form: Vichy France
territorialStatus metropolitan France and colonial empire ⓘ
womenSuffrageStatus women did not have the right to vote in national elections ⓘ

Referenced by (312)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of the French Republic → positionHeldIn → French Third Republic ⓘ
French Indochina → establishedBy → French Third Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Maginot Line → builtBy → French Third Republic ⓘ
1889 Exposition Universelle → organizer → French Third Republic ⓘ
1889 Exposition Universelle → politicalContext → French Third Republic ⓘ
Gallic rooster → associatedWith → French Third Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Chamberlain government → keyInternationalActor → French Third Republic ⓘ
René Cassin → countryOfCitizenship → French Third Republic ⓘ
Sitzkrieg → involves → French Third Republic ⓘ
Governor-General of French Indochina → createdBy → French Third Republic ⓘ
Seal of the French Republic → reusedBy → French Third Republic ⓘ
Franco-Polish alliance → signatory → French Third Republic ⓘ
Paris Salon of 1884 → era → French Third Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Saar Offensive → countryInvolved → French Third Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
French Ministry of Commerce and Industry → jurisdiction → French Third Republic ⓘ
Battle of the Somme → belligerent → French Third Republic ⓘ
Élysée Palace → usedAsPresidentialResidenceBy → French Third Republic ⓘ
André Maginot → era → French Third Republic ⓘ
1878 Exposition Universelle → organizingBody → French Third Republic ⓘ
Dreyfus affair → involves → French Third Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Locarno Era → hasKeyParticipant → French Third Republic ⓘ
French North Africa → usedBy → French Third Republic ⓘ
Cochinchina → metropole → French Third Republic ⓘ
Protectorate of Annam → overlord → French Third Republic ⓘ
Battle of Sedan (1940) → opponent → French Third Republic ⓘ
First Battle of the Marne → belligerent → French Third Republic ⓘ
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte → succeededBy → French Third Republic ⓘ
Italian invasion of France → opponent → French Third Republic ⓘ
Maurice Gamelin → allegiance → French Third Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny → allegiance → French Third Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Lausanne Conference of 1932 → participant → French Third Republic ⓘ
Palais des Colonies → politicalContext → French Third Republic ⓘ
Franco-Prussian War → conflictBetween → French Third Republic ⓘ
Franco-Prussian War → belligerent → French Third Republic ⓘ
Boxer Rebellion → participant → French Third Republic ⓘ
French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905 → historicalContext → French Third Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Triple Entente → hasMemberState → French Third Republic ⓘ
Former French Concession → colonialPower → French Third Republic ⓘ
Belle Époque → appliesToJurisdiction → French Third Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Émile Loubet → movement → French Third Republic ⓘ
Émile Loubet → era → French Third Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Second Empire of France → followedBy → French Third Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: Second French Empire
Statue of Vercingetorix in Clermont-Ferrand → period → French Third Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
Spanish peace commission of 1898 → operatedIn → French Third Republic ⓘ
Lion of Belfort → associatedWith → French Third Republic ⓘ
French republicanism → linkedTo → French Third Republic ⓘ
Kwang-Chou-Wan → colonialPower → French Third Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third French Republic
French Morocco → colonialPower → French Third Republic ⓘ
Édouard Manet → placeOfDeath → French Third Republic ⓘ
Second Battle of the Marne → belligerent → French Third Republic ⓘ