1867 – Born in Paris, on the 16th of November, the son of the novelist Alphonse Daudet.

 

1891 – Married Jeanne Hugo, the granddaughter of Victor Hugo.

 

1895 – Divorced his wife, and became a vocal critic.

 

1907 – With Charles Maurras, he co-founded and was an editor of the conservative, integralist periodical Action Française.

 

1919-1924 – Bacame deputy of Action Française.

 

1927 – He failed to win election as a senator despite having gained prominence as the voice of the far right.

 

1923 – His son Philippe died in mysteriously and he accused the republican authorities.

 

       – Daudet fled and was exiled in Belgium.

 

1930 – Received a pardon.

 

1934 – In the Stavisky Affair, he was to attack Prime Minister Camille Chautemps, calling him the "leader of a gang of robbers and assassins."

 

1942 – Léon Daudet died on 30th of June in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, during the Nazi German occupation of France.