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== Emigration from France == | == Emigration from France == | ||
Significant numbers of emigrants left France during the following periods: | Significant numbers of emigrants left France during the following periods: | ||
*'''1538 to 1685'''<nowiki>: Protestants flee religious persecutions in France.</nowiki> | *'''1538 to 1685'''<nowiki>: Protestants '''(Huguenots)''' flee religious persecutions in France.</nowiki> | ||
*'''1632 to 1713'''<nowiki>: French settle Quebec and Acadia (Canada).</nowiki> | *'''1600s to 1700s''' French colonization, especially in the '''Americas''', was prominent in the late 17th and 18th centuries. | ||
*'''1722'''<nowiki>: Alsatian colonies established in the Holy Roman Empire (Austria-Hungary).</nowiki> | *'''1632 to 1713'''<nowiki>: French settle '''Quebec and Acadia (Canada)'''.</nowiki> | ||
*'''1764 to 1786'''<nowiki>: Alsatians colonize Russia, Ukraine, and Banat.</nowiki> | *'''1722'''<nowiki>: Alsatian colonies established in the Holy Roman Empire '''(Austria-Hungary)'''.</nowiki> | ||
*'''1785: ''' Some exiled Acadians shipped from France to Louisiana. | *'''1764 to 1786'''<nowiki>: Alsatians colonize '''Russia, Ukraine, and Banat'''.</nowiki> | ||
*'''1789 to 1791'''<nowiki>: About 500,000 refugees flee the French Revolution for neighboring nations and the Americas. About half later returned.</nowiki> | *'''1785: ''' Some exiled Acadians shipped from France to '''Louisiana'''. | ||
*'''1804 to 1832'''<nowiki>: Additional Alsatians emigrate to Ukraine, Bessarabia, and Banat.</nowiki> | *'''1789 to 1791'''<nowiki>: About 500,000 refugees flee the '''French Revolution''' for neighboring nations and the Americas. About half later returned.</nowiki> | ||
*'''1815 to 1817'''<nowiki>: Political turmoil after the fall of Napoleon leads to a wave of French emigration to neighboring countries and the Americas.</nowiki> | *'''1804 to 1832'''<nowiki>: Additional Alsatians emigrate to '''Ukraine, Bessarabia, and Banat'''.</nowiki> | ||
*'''1830 to 1962'''<nowiki>: French colonize Algeria (Africa).</nowiki> | *'''1815 to 1817'''<nowiki>: '''Political turmoil after the fall of Napoleon''' leads to a wave of French emigration to neighboring countries and the Americas.</nowiki> | ||
*'''1830s, 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s'''<nowiki>: Agents go from town to town recruiting emigrants, mostly in Alsace-Lorraine. Some went to America, others to Russia.</nowiki> | *'''1821-1920''' Around 121,000 '''Basques and Bearnese people from Basses-Pyrénées''' emigrated to America—more than 108,000 from 1835 to 1901. | ||
*'''1830 to 1962'''<nowiki>: French colonize '''Algeria (Africa)'''.</nowiki> | |||
*'''1830s, 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s'''<nowiki>: Agents go from town to town recruiting emigrants, mostly in '''Alsace-Lorraine'''. Some went to America, others to Russia.</nowiki> | |||
*'''1871'''<nowiki>: There is a wave of French emigrants, largely to North America.</nowiki> | *'''1871'''<nowiki>: There is a wave of French emigrants, largely to North America.</nowiki> | ||
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In the Western Hemisphere, the main communities of French ancestry are found in the '''United States, Canada and Argentina'''. Sizeable groups are also found in '''Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay and Australia'''. | |||
=== French colonial records (Registres d’engagement pour les colonies françaises) === | === French colonial records (Registres d’engagement pour les colonies françaises) === | ||