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Dreyfus Affair

The Dreyfus affair was a political scandal that divided France in the 1890s and the early 1900s. It involved the conviction for treason in November 1894 of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a young French artillery officer of Alsatian Jewish descent...

Timeline of Events

1894

10.15.1894

The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying.

12.22.1894

The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason, on antisemitic grounds.

1895

1.5.1895

Dreyfus Affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.

1898

1.13.1898

Emile Zola's ''J'accuse'' exposes the Dreyfus affair.