Gustave Flaubert25 June 1857
Placed on trial for offences against public morality in his novel "Madame Bovary"
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Placed on trial for offences against public morality in his novel "Madame Bovary"
Emile Zolas famous defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, "Jaccuse," is published, the open letter to French President Felix Faure accuses the French judiciary of giving into pressure from the military
Emile Zola is imprisoned for his letter Jaccuse in which he accused the French Government of anti-Semitism and the wrongful imprisonment of Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus
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