since 1658, belonged to the Company of Cape Verde and Senegal. The slave trade continued under the operation of the Compagnie du Sénégal from 1658 to 1709...

southern France, about 30 km (20 mi) north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the subprefecture of the arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence...

– 1762), (1801 – 1803) Newfoundland (1658 – 1713) Saint Pierre and Miquelon (1536-) New Caledonia (1853 -) French Polynesia (1842 -) Wallis and Futuna...

German states sought French protection, eager to emancipate themselves from Habsburg domination. This anticipated the formation of the 1658 League of the Rhine...

1630–1633: François Leclerc du Tremblay 1653–1654: François Cazet de Vautorte 1658–1674: Robert de Gravel 1679–1688: Louis de Verjus 1716–1723: Jacques-Vincent...

an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. In 1638, Jacques Dyel du Parquet (1606–1658), nephew of Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc...

were able to explore the region. In 1638, Jacques Dyel du Parquet (1606–1658), nephew of Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc and first governor of Martinique, decided...

mission by 1658, as hostilities with the Iroquois resumed. The second article of the charter of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés stated that New France could...

The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age. What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as...

The French Resistance (French: La Résistance) was a collection of groups that fought the Nazi occupation of France and the collaborationist Vichy régime...