1898 in France

This page relates to the year 1898 Gregorian Calendrier.

Events

April 22nd: Victoire of the republicans to the legislative ones. At the conclusion of the second turn, the moderate republicans who support the government Méline gain 250 seats and precede radical and socialist, which do not send new deputies in spite of a sensitive progression in votes cast. As for the monarchists, they lose seats.
May 31st: Creation of the general Company of electricity (future Alcatel).
June 4th: Foundation of the French League of the Human rights by Ludovic Trarieux.
June 28th: Government Henri Brisson (2) (fine the October 26th).
July 10th - November 7th: Crisis of Fachoda.
October 1st: Creation of the automobile firm Renault.
November 1st: Government Charles Dupuy (4) (fine the February 18th).

January 10th: Lawsuit with door-close of Esterhazy, he is discharged, and acclaimed by crowd.
January 13rd: Publication by Aurore of the “I show” Emile Zola, which starts again the Affaire Dreyfus.
January: Following the publication of “I show” , of the demonstrations anti-semites are held in all the big cities of France: fronts of Jewish stores are destroyed, the besieged synagogs and the molestées people. In Algeria, a hunting for the Jews in impetus with Algiers, max Governed proposer “ to sprinkle Jewish blood the tree of freedom ”…
February 7th: First lawsuit of Emile Zola, broken for legal flaw.
June 4th: Foundation of the French League for the defense of the human rights and the citizen, Supporter of Dreyfus.
July 18th: Second lawsuit of Emile Zola, condemned, it is exiled with London.
August 30th: The Colonel Hubert Henry recognizes author of the forgeries having made it possible to condemn Dreyfus.
August 31st: Commit suicide of colonel Hubert Henry. A subscription is open to raise with its glory a monument.
September 4th: Escape of Esterhazy to the the United Kingdom.
October 27th: The request for revision of the Dreyfus lawsuit is declared admissible by the Court of appeal.
December 31st: Foundation of the League of the French fatherland (antidreyfusard).

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