Belle Époque
For other uses, see Belle Époque (disambiguation). Belle Époque 10 May 1871 – 28 July 1914 A French poster from 1894 by Jules Chéret that captures the vibrant spirit of the Belle Époque Including End of the Franco-Prussian War Revanchism Scramble for Africa Dreyfus affair Start of WWI Preceded by Age of Romanticism (Second Republic and Second Empire) Followed by Années folles (post-WW1) Leader(s) Patrice de MacMahon, Jules Grevy, Jules Ferry, Sadi Carnot, Georges Boulanger, Raymond Poincaré Part of a series on the History of France Prehistory Palaeolithic Mesolithic Neolithic Copper Age Bronze Age Iron Age Ancient Greek colonies 600 BC – 49 BC Celtic Gaul until 50 BC Roman Gaul 50 BC – 486 AD Early Middle Ages Franks Merovingians 481–751 Carolingians 751–987 Middle Ages Direct Capetians 987–1328 Valois 1328–1498 Early modern