1914 in France

This page relates to the year 1914 Gregorian Calendrier.

Chronology of France

1913 in France - 1914 - 1915 in France

Events

January 13rd: Aristide Briand and Louis Barthou founds the Fédération of the lefts.
March 17th: With Paris, Henriette Caillaux assassinates Gaston Calmette, the director of the Figaro , which had carried out a smear campaign against her husband, the Minister for Finance Joseph Caillaux, who leaves his functions immediately.
April 26th - May 10th: Victoire of the left (radicals and Socialists) to the legislative elections in France against the “madness of the armaments”
June 9th: Alexandre Ribot president of the Council.
June 13rd: Rene Viviani president of the Council.
June 28th: Assassination of Sarajevo.
July 15th:

Vote of the Finance law founding the Income tax, prepared by Joseph Caillaux.
Visit of the president of the French Republic Raymond Poincaré and of the president of the council Rene Viviani in Russia. Return in France the July 29th.

July 27th: the trade unions organize demonstrations against the war.
July 28th: Henriette Caillaux is discharged following a resounding lawsuit.
July 31st: assassination of Jean Jaurès by Unpleasant Raoul.
: General mobilization in France and Germany.
August 3rd: the Germany declares the war with the France.
August 4th: The French president Raymond Poincaré calls with the Sacred union with the room and the Senate which votes the appropriations of war unanimously.
August 8th: The French troops enter to Mulhouse, which fall to the hands from German two days later.
August 11th: France declares the war with the Austria-Hungary.
19 - August 20th: Failure of the French opening in Lorraine. Armed IIIe and IVe are folded up behind the Meuse.
21 - August 23rd: France loses the battle of the borders.
August 25th: Fold of Combined on Large-Crowned Nancy. Battles of Charlerois. The Allies must be folded up.
August 26th: Resignation of the Viviani government which forms a ministry of National defense. The Sacred union is concretized, the Socialists enter to the government (Delcassé with the foreign affairs and Millerand with the War).
August 29th - September 2nd: The French government leaves Paris threatened by the German projection and settles with Bordeaux leaving the capital under the military government of the general Gallieni.
August 31st: The Franco-British troops cross the Marne. The Germans enter to Senlis.
September 4th: The German army occupies Rheims. Gallieni requisitions the Parisian taxis for the transport of the troops.
September 6th: First Battle of the Marne , the French (Joffre) contain the German projection (6 - September 9th). The Germans (von Kluck and von Bülow) move back until the Aisne.
October 19th:

“Race with the sea” enters the armies German, French and British (Oct. - Nov.). The Germans seek to reach Dunkirk, Boulogne and Calais.
Battle of Yser (fine the November 17th).

November 15th: Fray of the Flandres. Victoire of the French Armies, British and Belgian around Ypres and of Dixmude.
December 8th: Return of the French government to Paris.
December 15th: IVe French Army lance the offensive in Champagne. War of Distinct (650 km), of the the North Sea to the Swiss .

Economy & company

41 billion gold franc of placements abroad. 4 billion only in the colonial empire. Course forced of banknotes after more than one century of monetary stability.

Locally…
Nice (06): Of the hotels in hospital : The Hermitage, Majestic, the Regina and others are requisitioned and transformed into hospital.

Internal bonds

the year 1914 in the world
Chronology of France under the Third Republic (1870-1914)
Chronology of France under the Great War (1914-1918)

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