May 1968 protests in France
1968 · Event
Student and worker protests bring France to a near-standstill; de Gaulle calls snap elections.
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More from France
- French Revolution (1789)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769)
- Napoleon's rule of France (1799)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Reign of Louis XIV (the Sun King) (1643)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Baptism of Clovis (496)
Around 1968
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- The Beatles (1960)