The Treaty of Frankfurt was the peace treaty that ended the Franco-Prussian War, signed after France's defeat and the fall of Napoleon III and following the preliminary peace of Versailles. France had to cede almost all of Alsace and the northern part of Lorraine, including Metz, to the newly founded German Empire, and pay an indemnity of five billion francs. German troops were to remain in parts of France until it was paid, which France did faster than expected. The loss of Alsace-Lorraine left a deep and lasting resentment in France, known as revanchism, and contributed to the tensions that led to the First World War. The territories returned to France under the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
Before and after
- 1871The Internationale
- from 28 January 1871 to 28 July 1914Belle Époque
- 5 March 1871Birth of Rosa Luxemburg
- from 18 March 1871 to 28 May 1871Paris Commune
- 10 May 1871Treaty of Frankfurt
- 10 July 1871Birth of Marcel Proust
- 30 August 1871Birth of Ernest Rutherford
- 27 September 1871Birth of Grazia Deledda
- October 1871Schliemann begins digging at Hisarlik
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