<Tr> <Td> Third Republic </Td> <Td> 1870--1940 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Free France </Li> <Li> Vichy France </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 1940--44 </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> Free France </Li> <Li> Vichy France </Li> </Ul> <Tr> <Td> Provisional Republic </Td> <Td> 1944--46 </Td> </Tr>

Considered the official beginning of the french revolution