| 10 December 1948 |
France
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms freedom from slavery
|
| 10 December 1948 |
France
|
Racism
|
The Universal Declaration sets out rights without racial distinction
|
| 9 December 1948 |
France
|
Racism
|
The UN adopts the Genocide Convention
|
| 5 June 1947 |
France
|
Soviet Union history
|
Marshall Plan announced; Soviet leadership rejects participation
|
| 10 February 1947 |
France
|
Soviet Union history
|
Peace treaties signed with former European Axis states
|
| 1 June 1946 |
France
|
Roma and Sinti
|
France closes the last wartime internment camp for Travellers
|
| 15 April 1946 |
France,
Lebanon,
Syria,
United Kingdom
|
World War I
|
French and British troops complete their departure from Syria
|
| 16 March 1946 |
Algeria,
France
|
Algerian genecoide
|
The French Constituent Assembly passes an amnesty law after the 1945 repression
|
| 8 May 1945 |
Algeria,
France
|
World War I
|
French colonial forces massacre Algerian demonstrators at Sétif and Guelma
|
| 25 August 1944 |
France,
Senegal
|
World War II
|
Allied forces liberate Paris, with colonial soldiers central to the campaign
|
| 6 June 1944 |
France
|
World War II
|
Allied forces land in Normandy
|
| 15 January 1944 |
France
|
Roma and Sinti
|
Transport Z deported Roma and Sinti from northern France to Auschwitz
|
| 16 July 1942 |
France
|
Jewish Holocaust
|
French police begin Vel d’Hiv roundup
|
| 29 May 1942 |
France
|
Jewish Holocaust
|
Vichy authorities announce yellow-star order for Jews in occupied zone
|
| 27 March 1942 |
France
|
Jewish Holocaust
|
First deportation train leaves Drancy for Auschwitz
|
