* Louisiana Purchase (1803): The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, doubling the size of the country.
* Haitian Revolution (1791-1804): France gained control of the colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) from Spain in 1795, but lost it to a slave revolt in 1804.
* Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815): France gained control of much of Europe during the Napoleonic Wars, but lost it all after Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
* Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871): France lost the Franco-Prussian War to Prussia, and was forced to cede Alsace-Lorraine to Germany.
* World War I (1914-1918): France was one of the Allied Powers in World War I, and gained control of Alsace-Lorraine from Germany after the war.
* World War II (1939-1945): France was one of the Allied Powers in World War II, and gained control of Germany's Rhineland after the war.
Losses:
* Canada (1763): France lost Canada to Great Britain in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763).
* India (1763): France lost India to Great Britain in the Seven Years' War.
* French Indochina (1954): France lost control of French Indochina (present-day Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia) after the First Indochina War (1946-1954).
* Algeria (1962): France lost control of Algeria after the Algerian War (1954-1962).