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| Alliance Gramont |  |
| Paris Supports an Alliance of France with Austria |
| Battle of Beaunne La Rolande Bazaine, Achille Francois | |
| 28th Nov Beaunne La Rolande 9,000 Prussians successfully defend against 60,000 French during the Franco-Prussian War |
| Battle of Borny Bazaine, Achille Francois | |
| 15th Aug Borny Bazaine hopes to join up with MacMahon but the German 2nd Army cuts him off |
| 15th Aug Borny The Prussian 1st army forces Bazaine to retreat across the Moselle |
| Battle of Froshcwiller MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de | |
| 6th Aug Froshcwiller The Crown Prince of Prussia forces MacMahon back to Chalons -sur-Marne |
| 6th Aug Froshcwiller The Vosges barrier is broken opening the road to Paris |
| 6th Aug River Meuse The Prussian Crown Prince marches toward the Meuse |
| Battle of Gravelotte Bazaine, Achille Francois | |
| 28th July Gravelotte Decisive German victory which the French could have avoided |
| 28th July Gravelotte Steinmetz sends the German 1st Army to be massacred by the French who counter-attack |
| 28th July Gravelotte The Germans lose 20,000 to the French 12,000 |
| Battle of Hallue River Faidherbe, Louis | |
| River Hallue Attempts to join up the Northern army with Ducrot, break out of Paris & take Amiens |
| River Hallue The Prussian 1st army forces the French back |
| Battle of Mars la Tour Bazaine, Achille Francois | |
| Mars la Tour Attempts to regroup at the Marne but his supply line is cut off at Mars-la-Tour |
| Battle of Metz MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de | |
| Aug Metz Encircled at Metz |
| 29th Aug Douzy Cross es the River Meuse but is driven back toward Sedan |
| 29th Aug Nouart Cross es the River Meuse but is driven back toward Sedan |
| 30th Aug Beaumont Cross es the River Meuse but is driven back toward Sedan |
| 31st Aug Bazeilles Wounded in battle |
| Battle of Saarbrucken Napoleon III | |
| 2nd Aug Saarbrucken A skirmish between 1st German army & French II corps |
| 2nd Aug Saarbrucken Napoleon divides his armies between MacMahon & Bazaine |
| Battle of Sedan MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de | |
| 2nd Sep Sedan Forced to surrender |
| Battle of Sedan Napoleon III | |
| 1st Sep Sedan Defeated by the Germans |
| 2nd Sep Donchery Surrenders to Bismarck at Donchery, later held at Wihelmshohe near Cassel |
| 2nd Sep Sedan Joins the Army but is capture in battle & held as a prisoner near Kassel in Germany |
| Battle of Sedan Thiers, Louis Adolphie | |
| 2nd Sep Sedan Defeat at the Battle of Sedan is followed by the establishment of the third Republic |
| Battle of Sedan Wimpffen, Felix de | |
| 1st Sep Sedan Forced to surrender to the Germans who move on to take Paris |
| 1st Sep Sedan The French lose 17,000 plus 104,000 taken prisoner |
| 1st Sep Sedan The French who lose 17,000 & 104,000 taken prisoner |
| 1st Sep Sedan Wimpfen surrenders to the Germans who then take Paris |
| Battle of Spichern Frossard, Charles Auguste | |
| 6th Aug Spichern Frossard's II corps is outflanked on the Spichern heights |
| 6th Aug Spichern The German 1st & 2nd armies move into Lorraine where Bazaine's forces are dispersed |
| Battle of Weissenburg MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de | |
| 4th Aug Lauter The outnumbered French are forced to defend the Lauter |
| 4th Aug Weissenburg The crown Prince surprises MacMahon on the Lauter River |
| Battle of Worth MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de | |
| 6th Aug Worth At Worth the German 3rd Army loses 10,500 killed to the French 11,000 under MacMahon |
| Capture of Paris Wimpffen, Felix de | |
| Sep Paris Surrenders to the Germans at Sedan who then capture Paris |
| Commander French Army Cousin-Montauban, Charles | |
| 12th Aug Appointed Commander of the French Army, takes over command from Napoleon III |
| Commander III Army Corps Leboeuf, Edmond | |
| Appointed Commander of III Army Corps |
| Commander Paris Trochu, Louis Jules | |
| 4th Sep Paris Appointed Commander of Paris |
| Constitution Gambetta, Leon | |
| 4th Sep Heads the new Provisional Goverment |
| Constitution Napoleon III | |
| Wins a plebiscite approving Constitutional Monarchy |
| Coup d'Etat Gambetta, Leon | |
| 4th Sep Paris After a popular uprising in Paris the Empire is toppled |
| Declaration of War Napoleon III | |
| 19th July Paris Declares war on Germany |
| 19th July Paris Expects a decisive victory "we shall come across the glorious tracks of our fathers" |
| Dismissal Napoleon III | |
| 12th Aug Paris Forced to relinquish command |
| Exile of Eugenie Eugenie | |
| 4th Sep Paris Flees the Tuileries, fearful of the Paris mob after the French defeat at Sedan |
| General Wimpffen, Felix de | |
| Appointed Commander r of the French forces after an injury to MacMahon |
| Government Gambetta, Leon | |
| 4th Sep Paris Gambetta leads the new provisional Government |
| Head of State Gambetta, Leon | |
| 4th Sep Paris Appointed Head of State for France |
| 4th Sep Paris Appointed Head of the Provisional Goverment |
| Marshal Leboeuf, Edmond | |
| Appointed Marshal of France |
| Mayor Clemanceau, Georges | |
| Paris Appointed Mayor of Montmartre |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Gramont | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Minister of Justice Arago, Francois | |
| Appointed Minister of Justice |
| Minister of War Gambetta, Leon | |
| Appointed Minister of War |
| Mobilization MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de | |
| 12th Aug Chalons MacMahon regroups his forces at Chalons |
| Mobilization Napoleon III | |
| 28th July France mobilizes its forces but the frontier fortresses are not ready for a siege |
| President Trochu, Louis Jules | |
| 4th Sep Paris Appointed President of the Government of National Defence |
| Rebellion Gambetta, Leon | |
| Sep Paris Escapes in a balloon and organizes "the war of the people" with armed civilians |
| Referendum Napoleon III | |
| Paris A plebiscite approves a constitutional monarchy |
| Paris Wins a plebiscite approving Constitutional Monarchy |
| Siege of Metz Bazaine, Achille Francois | |
| 27th Oct Metz Surrenders 180,000 men denying hope of a Napoleonic restoration |
| 27th Oct Metz The fortress of Metz capitulates |
| Siege of Metz Napoleon III | |
| 28th July Metz France mobilizes its forces but the frontier fortresses are not ready for a siege |
| Siege of Paris Bazaine, Achille Francois | |
| 27th Oct Paris After victory at Metz the German forces move on Paris |
| Siege of Paris Favre, Jules | |
| 18th Sep Paris Requests honourable peace from Bismarck who demands Alsace, Metz, Strasbourg & a port |
| Siege of Paris Trochu, Louis Jules | |
| 19th Sep Paris Organizes the "francs-tireurs", French resistance fighters |
| Succession of Spain Gramont | |
| Berlin Telegrams Berlin demanding details of the Prussian "Hohenzollern intrigue" |
| Refuses to allow foreign powers to install a prince on the throne of Charles V |
| Wilhelm admits Prussia was behind Leopold's acceptance of the Spanish throne |
| 6th July Announces "the interests & the honour of France are in peril" |
| 13th July Paris Asks William for "assurance that he never authorize a renewal of the candidacy" |
| Supreme Commander Bazaine, Achille Francois | |
| 12th Aug Appointed Supreme Commander |
| Surrender Bazaine, Achille Francois | |
| 27th Oct Metz Surrenders 180,000 men denying hope of a Napoleonic restoration |
