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Hardcore French History Quiz

Are you able to name these events, these people, these places, which are part of the History of France? Good luck!
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Oldest city still existing in France
Marseille
Vercingetorix's tribe
Averni
Latin name of Lyon
Lugdunum
Breakaway part of Roman Empire which included Gaul (260-274)
Gallic Empire
First dynasty to rule over Francia
Merovingian
Major victory of Franks against Muslims (732)
Tours
King who inherited West Francia after the treaty of Verdun
Charles II
French region conquered by Vikings
Normandy
Significant victory mainly led by French warriors (1095-1099)
First Crusade
Burgundian abbot who created the Knights Templar
Bernard of Clairvaux
French victory against Flanders, England and Holy Roman Empire
Bouvines
City in which Louis IX died
Tunis
England-ruling house which claimed the throne of France (1337-1453)
Plantagenet
French city controlled by England from 1346 to 1558
Calais
Unexpected defeat of France against English and Welsh archers
Agincourt
Law which made French the official language of the Kingdom of France
Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts
French Humanist who wrote Gargantua and Pantagruel
François Rabelais
Name of the French Protestants
Huguenots
Edict which guaranteed French Calvinist Protestants religious rights
Edict of Nantes
One of the first cities settled in New France, now in Canada
Quebec City
Civil war between government and the Parlements, the people and the nobility (1648-1653)
The Fronde
Period of strong influence of French arts and literature
Grand Siècle
Bourbon king known as "the Beloved"
Louis XV
Reference encyclopedia published during the Enlightenment
Encyclopédie
Major artistic movement, initiated by Gustave Courbet
Realism
Prefect who completely renovated Paris under Napoleon III
Georges-Eugène Haussmann
Alliance of left-wing political movements led by Blum, Thorez, Cautemps, etc.
Popular Front
Village whose population got extermined by a Waffen-SS unit (1944)
Oradour-sur-Glane
Phrase pronounced by Charles de Gaulle in Montreal
Vive le Québec libre
Currency used by France until 2002
Franc
Party of current French president Emmanuel Macron
La République En Marche
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