Emile Zola
French
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 1840/04/02 | Emile Zola is born in Paris to Emilie Aubert and Francois Zola, an Italian engineer, born in Venice in 1795, who engineered the Zola Dam in Aix-en-Provence. | Born | |||||
| 1867/00/00 | Therese Raquin - published | Author | Therese Raquin | ||||
| 1877/00/00 | Drunkard - published | Author | Drunkard | ||||
| 1880/02/00 | Nana - published | Author | Nana (book) | ||||
| 1880/04/16 | "L'Attaque du moulin" by Emile Zola is published in the story collection, Les soirees de Medan. | Author | L'Attaque du moulin (Short Story) | ||||
| 1885/00/00 | Germinal - published | Author | Germinal | ||||
| 1890/00/00 | La Bete Humaine - published | Author | La Bete Humaine | ||||
| 1897/11/06 | Bernard-Lazare meets with Emile Zola. | Defendant | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1897/11/08 | Leblois visits Zola. | Defendant | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1897/11/12 | At his home, Scheurer-Kestner has a meeting with Matthieu Dreyfus, Leblois and Zola, November 12-13. | Defendant | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1897/11/25 | Zola starts a campaign in favor of Dreyfus' cause in Le Figaro. | Defendant | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1897/12/13 | Zola publishes "Letter to youth." | Author | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1898/01/00 | In his office at 21 rue de Bruxelles, Zola write the polemic "Jaccuse," a narrative regarding the affairs of Alfred Dreyfus | Author | Emile Zola Residence | Paris | Dreyfus Affair | ||
| 1898/01/04 | Zola publishes "Letter to France." | Author | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1898/01/13 | The Chamber of Deputies votes to bring Zola to trial. | Defendant | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1898/01/13 | Entitled "J'accuse...!" by editor Georges Clemenceau, the journal L'Aurore publishes Emile Zola's "Letter to the President of the Republic" accusing the military of conspiring to disgrace Dreyfus and the incompetence of the handwriting experts. | Author | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1898/02/07 | With Clemenceau's brother and Labori as his defense attorneys, Emile Zola's trial commences in the Cour d'Assises de la Seine, Palace of Justice in Paris. | Defendant | Palais de Justice, Paris | Paris | Dreyfus Affair | ||
| 1898/02/10 | During the Emile Zola's trial, General de Pellieux inadvertently acknowledges the existence of the secret file that was given to the judges at Dreyfus' 1894 military trial and quotes "le faux Henry," thereby providing new evidence for a re-trial. | Defendant | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1898/02/23 | Zola is convicted of libel and receives the maximum sentence: one year in jail and a fine of 3000 Francs. | Defendant | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1898/04/02 | Agreeing on reason of legal technicality, the Court of Appeals overturns the verdict of February 23 granting Zola a new trial. | Defendant | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1898/05/23 | Second Zola trial in Versailles. Labori appeals. Suspension. | Defendant | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1898/05/23 | In his Petit Journal, Ernest Judet publishes "Zola Pere et fils", an article in which he defames the past of Zola's father. | Defendant | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1898/05/24 | Zola sues Judet for libel. | Defendant | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1898/07/09 | Zola is convicted of libel in the three handwriting experts' libel trial: 2 weeks suspended prison sentence, fine of 2000 Francs, plus 5000 Francs in damages to each of the handwriting experts. | Defendant | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1898/07/18 | Second Zola trial, Versailles. Zola is convicted again and sentenced to one year in prison and fined 2,000 Francs. In order to avoid the notice of the sentence being served and to continue fighting, Zola takes refuge in England. Labori files for appeal. | Defendant | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1898/08/10 | The Court of Appeals stiffens the penalties awarded to the handwriting experts: Zola is sentenced to one month in jail, a fine of 2000 Francs and 10,000 Francs in damages to each expert. | Defendant | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1898/10/11 | Zola's estate and furnishings are place in an absentia public auction to pay his August 10 fine (300,000 dollars in 2000). Editor Eugene Fasquelle buys the first item, Zola's desk, for the amount of the fine, 32,000 Francs, ending the sale. | Defendant | Emile Zola Residence | Paris | Dreyfus Affair | ||
| 1899/06/05 | Zola returns to France from England and challenges the Versailles verdict. | Defendant | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1902/00/00 | Zola dies at home from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by an improperly ventilated chimney. | Died | Emile Zola Residence | Paris | |||
| 1902/10/05 | About 50,000 mourners attend Emile zola's funeral at the Montmartre Cemetery, including government ministers and delegations of miners and Freemasons. Anatole France declares that "he was a moment in the conscience of man". | In Memoriam | Montmartre Cemetery | Paris | Dreyfus Affair | ||
| 1906/07/13 | The Chamber of Deputies passes a law reinstating Dreyfus in the Army as a Lieutenant-Colonel and Picquart as Commander-General. Another bill is passed for Zola's ashes to be placed in the Pantheon. | In Memoriam | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1908/06/06 | Zola's ashes are transferred to the Pantheon. During the ceremony, Louis Gregori, a journalist, fires two shots at Dreyfus, slightly wounding him in the arm. The fanatic is acquitted September 11. | In Memoriam | Pantheon, Paris | Paris | Dreyfus Affair |
7 Creative Works by Emile Zola »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| Therese Raquin | Author | Book | 1867/00/00 |
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| Drunkard | Author | Book | 1877/00/00 |
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| Nana (book) | Author | Book | 1880/02/00 |
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| L'Attaque du moulin (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1880/04/16 | |
| La joie de vivre (book) | Author | Novel | 1883/00/00 | |
| Germinal | Author | Book | 1885/00/00 |
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| La Bete Humaine | Author | Book | 1890/00/00 |
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