Comparisons Between French and English Art in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

 Chronology

Britain:

The House of Tudor:

• 1558-1603: Elizabeth I

The House of Stuart:

• 1603-1625: James I (VI) of England (of Scotland)
• 1625-1649: Charles I

The Commonwealth:

• 1649-1658: Oliver Cromwell
• 1658-1659: Richard Cromwell

The House of Stuart, Restored:

• 1660-1685: Charles II
• 1685-1688: James II

The House of Orange and Stuart:

• 1689: Start of the Glorious Revolution
• 1689-1702: William III and Mary II

The House of Stuart:

• 1702-1714: Anne

The House of Brunswick, Hanover Line

• 1714-1727: George I
• 1727-1760: George II
• 1760-1820: George III
• 1820-1830: George IV
• 1830-1837: William IV
• 1837-1901: Victoria

~All dates are dates of reign

Chronology

France:

Bourbon Dynasty:

• 1589-1610: Henry IV
• 1610-1617: Marie de Medici (Regent)
• 1610-1643: Louis XIII
• 1643-1651: Anne of Austria (Regent)
• 1643-1715: Louis XIV
• 1715-1723: Philippe d'Orléans (Regent)
• 1715-1774: Louis XV
• 1774-1793: Louis XVI
• 1789: Start of the French Revolution; Rise of the National Assembly
• 1791: Beginning of a Constitutional Monarchy; Fall of Absolutism
• 1793-1795: Louis XVII

First Republic:

• 1799-1804: Napoleon Bonaparte (First Consul)

First Empire:

• 1804-1814: Emperor Napoleon I
• 1815: Empire collapses; House of Bourbon restored to throne

Bourbon Dynasty, Restored:

• 1815-1824: Louis XVIII
• 1824-1830: Charles X
• 1830-1848: Louis-Philippe I (The Citizen-King)
• 1848: Congress of Vienna

Second Republic:

• 1848-1852: President Charles-Louis Napoleon Bonaparte

Second Empire:

• 1852-1870: Napoleon III

Unification of France under a Democratic Republic:

• 1870-Present