France

One piece of the timeline, one event at a time, might tell a story, when collected together, what the story then told remains to be gauged by the viewer.  In the wake of a series of different attacks, there have been a number of timelines presented by different news sources. 

This in no way is to induce focus on negative or tragic aspects in the recent history, as there are many other events and developments, such as sports, government elections, artifact preservation, and so forth.

This is a very brief timeline includes well known terrorist events that have occurred in France, along with several major French military events, and protests or civil unrest.  These are not all of the events, nor every detail, only a gist of a summary.

2017:
*April: police officers shot in Paris reference Champs Elysees

*Protesting/civil unrest -- post perceived unfair treatment of police to members of smaller population 'ethnic groups'

*March: letter bomb explodes at French office of IMF; police was shot

*February: machete attack

2016:
*September: injuries to, and assaults on police

*August: stabbings; attack on police

*July: Nice, France truck incident; other terror attacks

*June: stabbing of police

*Protesting/civil unrest -- March 2016; labor reform protesting gains momentum

*January: car ramming attempt in Valence; attacks on police

2015:
*November: reference 13th of November, Bataclan, shooting and bombing in Paris

*August: Thalys train terror incident intervened on

*June: beheading

*Military activity -- May: French troops attack Al-Qaeda in Mali region

*April: woman shot in Villejuif, in sequence was apprehension of a suspect being investigated for possible ties to terror

*Military activity -- "Currently, France has over 3,000 troops spread across five countries in Africa — Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad — as part of Operation Burkhane. Based in Chad, the operation aims at disrupting potential militants threat across the Sahel region of the continent." (Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/frances-military-is-all-over-africa-2015-1)

*January: reference Charlie Hebdo, violence

2014:
*vehicle rammings; and stabbing in December at Tours

*Protesting/civil unrest -- July; Sarcelles riots

2013:
*Protesting/civil unrest -- July; Trappes riots

*May: stabbing in Paris suburb La Defense

*Military activity -- approximately January; France involved in Mali situation; reference occupation of government office versus those readying to encroach on it

2012:
*March: Toulouse and Montauban shooting

2010:
*Protesting/civil unrest -- September/October; pension reform riots

*March: shooting at checkpoint at Dammarie Les Lys



Quick synopsis:
    The frequency of terror attacks (*) in France seems to be on the increase
 
    Fewer events altogether in 2011 (***)




Among sources:
    *Terror attacks in France:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_France

    http://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/a-timeline-of-terror-attacks-in-france

    *French military activity:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Northern_Mali_conflict

    http://www.businessinsider.com/frances-military-is-all-over-africa-2015-1

    http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/05/french-forces-kill-two-al-qaeda-leaders-in-mali.php

    *Riots/civil unrest:
    various Wikipedia sources, including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_civil_unrest_in_France#21st_century


Key: terror events * red | military events * blue | protests/civil unrest * tan