French colonel (born 1859)

Alfred Dreyfus

Alfred Dreyfus was a French Army officer best known for his central role in the Dreyfus affair. In 1894, Dreyfus fell victim to a judicial conspiracy that eventually sparked a major political crisis in the French Third Republic when he was wrongfully accused and convicted of being a German spy due to antisemitism. Dreyfus was arrested, cashiered from the French army and imprisoned on Devil's Island in French Guiana. Eventually, evidence emerged showing that Dreyfus was innocent and the true culprit was fellow officer Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy.

Born

1859

October 9

Died

1935

Era

1850s

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About

Alfred, in brief

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Key dates

1859 Born
1935 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

768 Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.
1238 James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia.
1410 The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.
1594 Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture.

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The world in 1935

When Alfred departed

april 1 India's central banking institution, the Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
april 11 Stresa Front: Opening of the conference between the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, the Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs Pierre Laval to condemn the German violations of the Treaty of Versailles.
april 14 The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, sweeps across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
april 23 The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on October 9

Aimee Semple McPherson 1890–1944 Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (died 1944) Alastair Sim 1900–1976 Scottish-English actor (born 1900) Alex Greenwald 1979– American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor Boris Nemtsov 1959–2015 Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (born 1959) Brian Blessed 1936– English actor Bruce Catton 1899–1978 American historian and journalist (born 1899) Charles X of France (died 1836) 1757– Chris O'Dowd 1979– Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter David Cameron 1966– English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1859

A. E. Housman 1859–1936 English poet and scholar (born 1859) Alexandre Millerand 1859–1943 French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (born 1859) Arthur Conan Doyle 1859–1930 British writer, creator of Sherlock Holmes (born 1859) Cass Gilbert 1859–1934 American architect (born 1859) Fanny Bullock Workman 1859–1925 American geographer and mountain climber (born 1859) George Giffen 1859–1927 Australian cricketer and footballer (died 1927) Hendrik Wortman 1859–1939 Dutch civil engineer (died 1939) John Jellicoe 1859–1935 1st Earl Jellicoe, English admiral and politician, 2nd Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1935) Venustiano Carranza 1859–1920 Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico (died 1920)

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