Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Pierre de Courbertin Biography and Timeline

Follow Pierre de Courbertin through 2 dated historical records for France.

Pierre de Courbertin, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

2Distinct records
1 of 1Page
1892–1896Years on this page

1892

Olympics

Baron · Sport / Athletics

Courbertin proposes a renaissance of ancient Greek competition

1896

Olympics

Baron · Sport / Athletics

England, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden & the USA open the newly founded Olympic Games

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.