In France we have
Antiquity until the fall of Rome in 476
Middle age, until the discovery of America in 1492
The modern era until the French revolution in 1789
And The Contempory Era
With some subperiod like the napoleonic era, and the 5th republic
Of course today history studies questioned this division and the notion today in academic field it's considered obsolete. ( we prefer talking about period of transition now for exemple) But for a lot of people it's still relevant.
I remember learning that for the Spaniards the modern era begun with the end of the reconquista, and for the german with the invention of the printing press with Gutenberg