French Constitution

The French constitution stands for:

• the declaration of human and civil rights of August 26, 1789, which preceded the constitution of 1791
• the French Constitution (1791) which transformed France into a constitutional monarchy
• the French constitution of 1793 , of the 6th Messidor year I, the first republican constitution of France, which, however, never came into use
• the French constitution of year III (1795), which set up the Directory, see Directory (France)
• the French constitution of year VIII (1799), which established a consulate, see French Consulate
• the French Constitution (1802) , which Napoleon established as First Consul for life
• the Constitution of the First French Empire , which established the First French Empire
• the Senate constitution of April 6, 1814 of the Kingdom of France, which did not come into force.
• the Charter constitutionnelle of June 4, 1814, which officially restored the constitutional monarchy
• the Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire de 1815 , after Napoleon's return from Elba, see Reign of the Hundred Days
• the 1830 charter that established the July Monarchy
• the French Constitution (1848) that established the Second Republic
• the French Constitution (1852) of Napoleon III.
• the French Constitution (1875) , actually several constitutional laws that the institutions of the III. Republic established
• the constitutional law of 1940, which gave Marshal Philippe Pétain the power to draft a constitution, see Vichy regime
• the French Constitution (1946) that established the IV Republic (this constitution was preceded by a failed constitutional draft)
• the Constitution of the Fifth French Republic , with which Charles de Gaulle founded the Fifth Republic.

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.