During the wars of the French Revolution, in 1792 the france took the Savoya. The first French colonial empire existed until 1814. So there is nothing wrong.
@@PipokratGreatwiseImmortal From Wikipedia: "A distinction is generally made between the "First French colonial empire", that existed until 1814, by which time most of it had been lost or sold, and the "Second French colonial empire", which began with the conquest of Algiers in 1830. "