1991   Full sovereignty comes to Germany after the four post-World War II occupying powers (France, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union) relinquish all control over the country.

1991   France elects its first female premier. Édith Cresson is appointed by Francois Mitterand as the prime minister replacing Michel Rocard.

1992   Carlos the Jackal is sentenced to life imprisonment in Paris, France for his role in three murders at OPEC headquarters in 1975

1992   The Folies Bergere music hall in Paris, France closes.

1993   The Gaullist Party wins in legislatives elections in France. Édouard Balladur becomes Prime Minister.

1995   Jacques Chirac is elected president of France defeating opponent Edouard Balladur.

1995   Jacques Chirac takes office as the Presidenct of France.

1995   Jacques Chirac announces the resumption of nuclear tests by France in French Polynesia.

1997   A car accident in Paris, France takes the lives of Diana, Princess of Wales, Dodi Al-Fayed and driver Henri Paul. Their car struck a pillar of the Pont de l'Alma tunnel after eluding paparazzi at high speed.

1998   Nineteen European nations sign an agreement to prohibit human cloning including: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Norway, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey.

2002   Incumbent Jacques Chirac is elected President of France, defeating Jean-Marie Le Pen in the second round of the French presidential election..

2003   Voters in Corsica narrowly reject a French offer of limited autonomy from the government of France.

2004   France closes its last coal mine bringing an end to an industry that has existed for more nearly 300 years.

2004   The pickled heart of Louis XVII of France is buried in the royal crypt at Saint-Denis, France.

2005   A fire at Paris-Opera hotel kills 21 people and injures 50 in Paris, France.

2005   The Airbus A380 passenger jet makes its maiden flight from Toulouse, France.

2005   Voters in France reject the proposed constitution of the European Union. France is the first European country to fail to ratify the constitution.

2005   Doctors in Lyon, France carry out the first human face transplant.