#e <t>decree<n>revolutionary calendar revoked by Napolean<c>French<d>1805
#e <t>sculpture<tit>Statue of Liberty built<d>1870<e>1884<c>Paris<info>The statue is 46 m high, and was originally called "Liberty Enlightening the World." It was conceived as a gift from the French to the American people to honour the 1876 centennial celebration. It was designed (1870-75) by the French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The wrought-iron pylon inside was the work of Gustave Eiffel. The stone-and-concrete pedestal was planned by the American architect Richard Morris Hunt. The statue was completed in Paris in 1884.<ref>Grolier Encyclopaedia
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// WW-II
// post-war
#e <t>decree<d>1966 Jul 1<n>France withdraws from NATO<c>France
#e <t>period<c>France<n>First French Empire<d>1804<e>1848
#e <t>period<c>France<n>Second Republic<d>1848<e>1852<info>The Second Republic was established on the abdication of Louis Philippe, when Louis Napoleon was elected president.
#e <t>period<c>France<n>Second French Empire<d>1852<e>1870<info>The second French empire was established under Napoleon III.
#e <t>period<c>France<n>Third Republic<d>1870<e>1940<info>The Third Republic was estblished after the fall of Napoleon III, and lasted until the occupation of France by the Germans in WWII.