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| 1256 | Clement IV |  |
| Vatican Guy le Gros Foulques the Archbishop of Narbonne is elected Pope |
| 1516 | Francis I |  |
| Loses the election for Holy Roman Emperor to Charles V |
| 1788 | Sieys, Emmanuel Joseph |  |
| Paris Elected as the last, 20th, of the Deputies of Paris to the States General |
| 1789 | Sieys, Emmanuel Joseph |  |
| Elected Deputy for Paris in the Third Estate |
| 1789 | Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de |  |
| Paris Elected to the Estates General, represents the clergy, the First Estate |
| 1791 | Cambon, Pierre-Joseph |  |
| Elected Member of the Legislative Assembly |
| 1791 | Mirabeau |  |
| Elected President of the National Assembly |
| 1792 | Billaud-Varenne, Jacques Nicolas |  |
| Elected Deputy for Paris to the National Convention |
| 10th Aug Elected Deputy Commissioner |
| 1799 | Sieys, Emmanuel Joseph |  |
| May Elected a Director of France in place of Jean-Franois Rewbell |
| 1805 | Boissy |  |
| Elected Senator |
| 1848 | Ledru-Rollin, Alexandre-Auguste |  |
| 23rd April Elections take place to the Constituent Assembly |
| 23rd April Half the Deputies are monarchists divided into 300 Orleanists & 150 Legitimists |
| 1848 | Napoleon III |  |
| Elected to the National Assembly |
| 1851 | Napoleon III |  |
| 21st Dec Elected President of France for 10 years |
| 1873 | MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de |  |
| 24th May Elected President of France |
| 1876 | Carnot, Marie Francoise Sadi |  |
| Paris Elected to the Chamber of Deputies |
| 1885 | Jaures, Jean |  |
| Elected Deputy to the French Parliament |
| 1893 | Viviani, Rene |  |
| Elected Deputy |
| 1906 | Viviani, Rene |  |
| Elected Deputy |
| 1914 | Auriol, Vincent |  |
| Elected Deputy |
| 1914 | Laval, Pierre |  |
| Aubervilliers Laval enters politics winning a seat in the Chamber of Deputies as member of the Socialist SFIO |
| 1919 | Clemanceau, Georges |  |
| 16th Nov Clemanceau's coalition Government wins the election |
| 1919 | Laval, Pierre |  |
| Loses seat as a Socialist deputy, regarded as a defeatist during World War I |
| 1920 | Clemanceau, Georges |  |
| 17th Jan Defeated in the presidential election |
| 1924 | Poincare, Raymond |  |
| Defeated by Radicals & Socialists |
| 1926 | Laval, Pierre |  |
| Elected to the Senate |
| 1945 | Mollet, Guy Alcide |  |
| Pas de Calais Elected Deputy for the Pas-de-Calais |
| 1946 | Paul-Boncour, Joseph |  |
| Elected Senator |
| 1962 | Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de |  |
| 25th Aug Paris Elected President of the 5th Republic |
| 1965 | Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de |  |
| Paris Re-elected President of the Fifth Republic |
| 4th Nov Paris Announces he will present himself as a Presidential candidite in the elections |
| 5th Dec In the 1st round polls 43%, Mitterrand 27% & Lecanuet 20%, a 2nd round is required |
| 12th Dec Wins the 2nd & final round with 54.6% to Mitterrand's 45.4% |
| 1969 | Poher, Alain |  |
| Fails to win the support of the major anti-Gaullist, d'Estang |
| Stands for the Presidency but is defeated by Pompidou |
| 1969 | Rocard, Michel |  |
| Wins 3.61% of the votes during the presidential elections |
| Wins the Yvelines by-election against the outgoing Prime Minister de Murville |
| 1973 | Mauroy, Pierre |  |
| Paris Elected to the National Assembly |
| 1981 | Chirac, Jacques |  |
| Comes 3rd in the 1st round of the Presidential elections |
| 1981 | Giscard d'Estang, Valery |  |
| 10th May Defeated by Mitterand in the 2nd round of the Presidential election |
| 1981 | Mitterand, Francois |  |
| 10th May Wins 51.7% of the vote, 48.3% for Valery Giscard d'Estaing |
| 1988 | Chirac, Jacques |  |
| Polls 46% on the vote during the 2nd round |
| Runs against Mitterrand for a 2nd time, defeated in runoff elections |
| 1995 | Chirac, Jacques |  |
| Elected President of France, "to reduce the social rift" |
| 1995 | Juppe, Alain |  |
| 7th May French voters end 14 years of socialist rule electing longtime Paris mayor Jacques Chirac to the presidency |
| 2002 | Chirac, Jacques |  |
| April Parties outside the National Front call for opposing Le Pen in favour of Chirac |
| April "We must reject extremism in the name of the honor of France in the name of the unity" |