Benedetti, Vincent, Count
1817 - Born on the 29th of April in Bastia, on the island of Corsica.
1840 - Entered the service of the French foreign office.
- Appointed to a post under the Marquis de la Valette, who was consul-general at Cairo.
1845 - Appointed consul of Egypt.
1848 - He was made consul at Palermo.
1851 - He accompanied the marquis, who had been appointed ambassador at Constantinople, as first secretary.
1855 - Employed in the foreign office at Paris.
- Acted as secretary to the congress at Paris.
1861 - Chosen to be the first envoy of France to the king of Italy.
1862 - Resigned his post on the retirement of Édouard Thouvenel.
1864 - He was appointed ambassador at the court of Prussia.
- Unsuccessfully demanded assurance from Wilhelm I of Prussia that no Hohenzollern would seek Spanish throne, in interview distorted and published by Otto von Bismarck as Ems dispatch to incite Franco-Prussian War.
1871 - He answered the charges brought against him in a book, Ma Mission en Prusse, which still remains one of the most valuable authorities for the study of Bismarck's diplomacy.
1895 - Published a volume of Essais diplomatiques, containing a full account of his mission to Ems, written.
1900 - Died on the 28th of March, while on a visit to Paris. He received the title of Count from Napoleon.
1840 - Entered the service of the French foreign office.
- Appointed to a post under the Marquis de la Valette, who was consul-general at Cairo.
1845 - Appointed consul of Egypt.
1848 - He was made consul at Palermo.
1851 - He accompanied the marquis, who had been appointed ambassador at Constantinople, as first secretary.
1855 - Employed in the foreign office at Paris.
- Acted as secretary to the congress at Paris.
1861 - Chosen to be the first envoy of France to the king of Italy.
1862 - Resigned his post on the retirement of Édouard Thouvenel.
1864 - He was appointed ambassador at the court of Prussia.
- Unsuccessfully demanded assurance from Wilhelm I of Prussia that no Hohenzollern would seek Spanish throne, in interview distorted and published by Otto von Bismarck as Ems dispatch to incite Franco-Prussian War.
1871 - He answered the charges brought against him in a book, Ma Mission en Prusse, which still remains one of the most valuable authorities for the study of Bismarck's diplomacy.
1895 - Published a volume of Essais diplomatiques, containing a full account of his mission to Ems, written.
1900 - Died on the 28th of March, while on a visit to Paris. He received the title of Count from Napoleon.
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