Aristide Briand Biography and Timeline

Prime Minister of France

Appointed Prime Minister of France

Agadir Crisis

A rebellion breakss out In Morocco against the Sultan, Abdelhafid. by April the Sultan is besieged in his palace in Fez and the French prepare troops to help put down the rebellion under the pretext of protecting European lives and property

Agadir Crisis

Britain tries to restrain France from adopting over-hasty measures and to disuade her from sending troops to Fez, the efforts fail but Edward Grey the British Foreign Secretary felt that his hands were tied and that he is forced to support France.

Agadir Crisis

The French dispatch a flying column at the end of April 1911 and Germany gives approval for the occupation of Fez.

Rule of Fez

The French dispatch a flying column at the end of April 1911 and Germany gives approval for the occupation of Fez

German Congo Compensation Proposal

Receives Germany's demand for colonial compensation in French Equatorial Africa during negotiations over Morocco.

Franco-German Congo Negotiations

Authorizes negotiations offering territory in Middle Congo as part of a settlement of the Agadir crisis.

Agadir Crisis

A 275 000 km territory, known as Neukamerun, becomes part of the German colony of Kamerun and part of German West Africa, which only lasts briefly until they are captured by the allies in World War I

Treaty of Fez

A 275 000 km territory, known as Neukamerun, becomes part of the German colony of Kamerun and part of German West Africa, which only lasts briefly until they are captured by the allies in World War I

Agadir Crisis

A rebellion breaks out In Morocco against the Sultan, Abdelhafid. by April the Sultan is besieged in his palace in Fez and the French prepare troops to help put down the rebellion under the pretext of protecting European lives and property.

Agadir Crisis

Britain tries to restrain France from adopting over-hasty measures and to dissuade her from sending troops to Fez, the efforts fail but Edward Grey the British Foreign Secretary felt that his hands were tied and that he is forced to support France.

Agadir Crisis

The British support France as in the First Moroccan Crisis again showing the strength of the Entente Cordiale

Entente Cordiale

The British support France as in the First Moroccan Crisis again showing the strength of the Entente Cordiale

Agadir Crisis

France establishes a full protectorate over Morocco, ending what remained of the countrys formal independence

Rule of Morocco

France establishes a full protectorate over Morocco, ending what remained of the countrys formal independence

Briand Seeks Binding Western Guarantee

Briand seeks a binding international guarantee of France's frontier with Germany and the demilitarized Rhineland.

Role range: 1925-1932

French Security and Reconciliation Policy Combined

Briand combines demands for security with a willingness to pursue political reconciliation with Germany.

Role range: 1925-1932

Opening of Locarno Conference

Briand represents France as the Locarno Conference opens to negotiate a European security settlement.

Role range: 1925-1932

Article Two Franco-German Non-Aggression

Article Two commits France and Germany not to attack, invade or resort to war against each other except under stated exceptions.

Role range: 1925-1932

Briand Accepts Arbitration with Germany

France accepts a separate arbitration convention requiring peaceful procedures for disputes with Germany.

Role range: 1925-1932

Briand Approves Five-Power Guarantee

Briand approves the five-power guarantee linking Germany, Belgium, France, Great Britain and Italy.

Role range: 1925-1932

French Alliance with Czechoslovakia Preserved

France keeps its separate commitment to assist Czechoslovakia while joining the western Locarno framework.

Role range: 1925-1932

French Alliance with Poland Preserved

Briand ensures that the western pact does not cancel France's security commitments toward Poland.

Role range: 1925-1932

Briand Supports League Council Enforcement Role

Briand accepts a central League Council role in determining and responding to breaches of the western guarantee.

Role range: 1925-1932

French Support for Locarno Disarmament Commitment

Briand joins the final protocol's commitment to cooperate with League efforts toward a general disarmament agreement.

Role range: 1925-1932

League Decision Exception Preserved

The pact allows action resulting from specified decisions of the League Assembly or Council.

Role range: 1925-1932

Locarno Final Protocol

Briand joins the other delegates in approving the final protocol and interdependent Locarno agreements.

Role range: 1925-1932

Briand Accepts British and Italian Guarantors

Briand accepts Britain and Italy as guarantors of the western settlement between France, Belgium and Germany.

Role range: 1925-1932

French Insistence on Demilitarized Rhineland

Briand insists that the settlement preserve the Versailles restrictions on military forces in the Rhineland.

Role range: 1925-1932

Briand Travels to London for Formal Signing

Briand joins the other principal delegates in London for the formal signing of the Locarno agreements.

Role range: 1925-1932

French Signature of Rhineland Pact in London

Briand formally signs the Rhineland Pact on behalf of France at the London ceremony.

Role range: 1925-1932

Briand Welcomes Germany into League

Briand welcomes Germany's admission to the League as a further step in the reconciliation associated with Locarno.

Role range: 1925-1932

Locarno Security System Becomes Operative

Briand treats the activation of Locarno as confirmation that Franco-German reconciliation now has a functioning international framework.

Role range: 1925-1932

Nobel Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize is shared by Gustav Stresemann of Germany and Aristide Briand of France

Locarno Reconciliation Recognized by Nobel Committee

Briand's award recognizes his advocacy of Franco-German rapprochement, including his role in negotiating the 1925 Locarno settlement.

Role range: 1925-1932

Pact between Kellogg-Briand Signatory Nations

Devised by Frank Kellog & Aristride Briand. 63 powers sign a pact renouncing war

Role range: 1925-1932

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Sponsors the antiwar pact linked to League-era diplomacy.

Role range: 1925-1932

Kellogg-Briand Pact

The pact is implemented by the League of Nations

Role range: 1925-1932

Diplomatic Proposal

Stressman promises not to send German troops into the Rhineland and accepts that Alsace-Lorraine is permantely part of France. Germany refuses to guarantee its eastern frontiers & France seeks to give Poland and Czechoslovakia the security they required by signing treaties with them. Aristide Briand of France proposes a plan for the United States of Europe

Role range: 1925-1932

Rule of Alsace-Lorraine

Stressman promises not to send German troops into the Rhineland and accepts that Alsace-Lorraine is permantely part of France

Role range: 1925-1932