520 BC - 1474
Charlemagne's monetary reforms
Creation, in France, of the first joint stock company
Assertion of royal power over monetary creation
Monetary manipulations, in particular to finance royal spending
Birth of the franc
1474 - 1740
First commodities exchange in France
Money issuance through the reuse of playing cards in Canada (New France)
First paper money issuance in France
Creation of the Paris Bourse
1740 - 1945
French Revolution: economic causes and environment
Issuance of assignats in France
Promulgation of Le Chapelier Law in France
Two-thirds bankruptcy in France
Creation of the Banque de France by Napoleon Bonaparte
Creation, in France, of the franc Germinal
Revolt of the canuts in Lyon
Banknotes acquire legal tender in France
Creation of large French banks
Le Bon Marché, the first department store in France
An experiment in corporate social responsibility: the Familistère
Legalization of the right to strike in France
Launch of the first cheques in France
Necessity money in France during the Franco-German war
Stock market crash and collapse of the Union générale in France
Legalisation of trade unions in France
Necessity money during World War I in France
Introduction of income tax in France
The franc germinal is replaced by the franc Poincaré in France
Victory of the Popular Front and the Matignon agreements in France
Necessity money during World War II in France
1945 to the present
Creation of a social security system and nationalizations in France
Creation of a minimum wage in France
Introduction of the VAT in France
The Rueff-Pinay stabilisation plan in France
France's left-wing economic policy and the subsequent austerity turn
Creation of the CAC 40 index in France
General strike in France
Development of the financial markets
