Birth of Raymond Poincare20 August 1860
Birth of Raymond Poincare, son of a middle class familly in Eastern France
Historical person
Raymond Poincare Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Raymond Poincare, based on 21 World History Database records associated with France.
21 records1860–192818 events6 places
Chronological biography
1860
1887
Chamber of Deputies1887
Appointed Member of Chamber of Deputies for Lorraine
1912
Foreign Secretary of France1912
Appointed Foreign Minister
Prime Minister of France1912
Appointed Prime Minister of France, 1st term
1913
President of France1913
Appointed President of France
Visit to London24 June 1913
Visits Great Britain
Reform of Armed Forces7 August 1913
The Army Bill imposes 3 years military service
1914
Gold Convertibility1914
France restricts gold redemption and exports as wartime finance replaces normal convertibility.
1918
Occupation10 December 1918
The AEF occupy the west bank of the Rhine
1922
Prime Minister of France1922
Appointed Prime Minister of France, 2nd term
Mandate Confirmation24 July 1922
League approval confirms French mandates in Syria and Lebanon.
1923
Occupation9 November 1923
Sends in French troops to occupy the Ruhr. France and Belgium decide to send some engineers to the Ruhr area to speed up the German deliveries, 5 divisions with heavy weapons are sent with them for protection, the Occupation of the Rhineland
Reparations9 November 1923
France and Belgium decide to send some engineers to the Ruhr area to speed up the German deliveries, 5 divisions with heavy weapons are sent with them for protection, the Occupation of the Rhineland
1924
Election1924
Defeated by Radicals & Socialists
1926
Franc Stabilisation1926
Poincare stabilises the franc at a depreciated rate before its formal gold definition.
Minister of Finance1926
Appointed Minister of Finance
Prime Minister of France1926
Appointed Prime Minister of France, 3rd term
Independence of France23 May 1926
Lebanon is declared a Republic
Independence of Lebanon23 May 1926
Lebanon is declared a Republic
Government23 July 1926
Heads a coalition Government
1928
Gold Standard25 June 1928
France legally defines the stabilised franc by gold at one-fifth of its pre-war content.
Titles and roles
Foreign Secretary of France · Member of Chamber of Deputies · Minister of Finance · President of France · Prime Minister of France · Prime Minister · Prime Minister of France
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.