1887-1894.—IV. Marie-François Sadi-Carnot (1837-1894); elected president, December, 1887; assassinated, June, 1894.
1895-1899.—V. Jean Pierre Paul Casimir-Perier (1847-1907); elected president, June, 1894; resigned, January, 1895.
1899-1906.—VI. François Felix Faure (1841-1899); elected president, January, 1895; died, February, 1899.
1906-1913.—VII. Emile François Loubet (1838- ——); elected president, February, 1899.
1913- ——.— VIII. Raymond Poincaré (1860- ——); elected president, 1906.
GERMAN EMPIRE.
GERMANY (from Lat. Germania) is the English name of the country which the natives call Deutschland, and the French L’Allemagne; while internationally it is known as the German Empire (Das Deutsches Reich), especially since 1871.
The German Empire is composed of a federation of twenty-five states, with one common imperial province, the names of which, with their areas and populations, are given on a subsequent page. Heligoland was ceded by Britain to Germany in 1890.
Divisions of the Empire.—The political divisions or states of the German Empire, together with their areas and population at the last census, are given in the subjoined table: