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Briand, Aristide
Born: 1862 AD
Died: 1932 AD, at 69 years of age.
Nationality: French
Categories: Diplomat, Ministers, Politician, Prime Ministers
Died: 1932 AD, at 69 years of age.
Nationality: French
Categories: Diplomat, Ministers, Politician, Prime Ministers
1862 - Born on March 28th in Nantes, France.
1901-1902 - He became secretary-general of the French Socialist Party and was elected to Chamber of Deputies.
1904 - He joined with Jean Jaurés to establish the left-wing newspaper, L'Humanité.
1909 - Briand became prime minister and horrified his former socialist colleagues when he broke up a railway stoppage by calling up some of the strikers for military service. Briand further upset the left-wing by supporting the extension of compulsory military service.
1910-1911 - He lost power in November but returned to office briefly.
1915 - The French president, Raymond Poincare appointed Briand as prime minister.
1917 - Briand backed the Nivelle Offensive and when this failed, the resignation of Hubert Lyautey in November, brought the government down. Briand was now replaced by his long-time rival, Georges Clemenceau, as prime minister.
1925 - He was the foreign minister of Fance.
1926 - Briand became a great supporter of international pacifism through the League of Nations. He also championed Franco-German reconciliation and shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Gustav Stresemann.
1928 - He and Frank. B. Kellogg signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact (Pact of Paris). The treaty outlawed war between France and the United States. The US Senate ratified it and over the next few years forty-six nations signed a similar agreement committing themselves to peace.
1932 - Died on March 7th in Paris, France.
1901-1902 - He became secretary-general of the French Socialist Party and was elected to Chamber of Deputies.
1904 - He joined with Jean Jaurés to establish the left-wing newspaper, L'Humanité.
1909 - Briand became prime minister and horrified his former socialist colleagues when he broke up a railway stoppage by calling up some of the strikers for military service. Briand further upset the left-wing by supporting the extension of compulsory military service.
1910-1911 - He lost power in November but returned to office briefly.
1915 - The French president, Raymond Poincare appointed Briand as prime minister.
1917 - Briand backed the Nivelle Offensive and when this failed, the resignation of Hubert Lyautey in November, brought the government down. Briand was now replaced by his long-time rival, Georges Clemenceau, as prime minister.
1925 - He was the foreign minister of Fance.
1926 - Briand became a great supporter of international pacifism through the League of Nations. He also championed Franco-German reconciliation and shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Gustav Stresemann.
1928 - He and Frank. B. Kellogg signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact (Pact of Paris). The treaty outlawed war between France and the United States. The US Senate ratified it and over the next few years forty-six nations signed a similar agreement committing themselves to peace.
1932 - Died on March 7th in Paris, France.
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Aristide Briand, 1862-1932: Ein Staatsmann zwischen Frankreich und Europa by Ferdinand Siebert (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 1973) |
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Tributes by Hon. Chauncey M. Depew as president of the Pilgrims Society to Admiral Lord Beatty,: At the banquet given him by the Pilgrims Society, Waldorf-Astoria, ... Lawyers Club of New York, December 17, 1921 by Horace Elisha Scudder (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 2008) |
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Locarno and its aftermath;: A study of the foreign policy of Aristide Briand and Gustav Stresemann, 1925-1928 by Philip Thayer (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 2008) |
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La Séparation: Discussion de la loi (1904 - 1905). by Aristide Briand (Hardcover - Jul 25, 2008) |
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BRIANDS LOCARNO POLICY (Modern European History) by Keeton (Hardcover - Nov 1, 1987) |
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Briand, man of peace by Valentine Thomson (Unknown Binding) |
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