May 1958 crisis in France
1958 · Event
Settlers and army officers seize power in Algiers and threaten Paris; the Fourth Republic turns to de Gaulle, who demands a new constitution.
On these timelines: France, North Africa, Master, Cold War
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)
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- Prague Spring (1968)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Korean War (1950)
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Six-Day War (1967)