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France in 1925

Historical records for France in 1925, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

32Records
32Events
11Named people
3Places
7Categories

Historical records

March

March 1925Briand Seeks Binding Western GuaranteeAristide Briand

Paris · Government / Government of France

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

May

May 1925French Security and Reconciliation Policy CombinedAristide Briand

Paris · Government / Government of France

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

October

5 October 1925Opening of Locarno ConferenceAristide Briand

Locarno · Government / Government of France

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

16 October 1925Article Two Franco-German Non-AggressionAristide Briand

Locarno · Government / Government of France

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

16 October 1925Briand Accepts Arbitration with GermanyAristide Briand

Locarno · Government / Government of France

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

16 October 1925Briand Approves Five-Power GuaranteeAristide Briand

Locarno · Government / Government of France

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

16 October 1925Briand Supports League Council Enforcement RoleAristide Briand

Locarno · Warfare / League of Nations

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

16 October 1925French Alliance with Czechoslovakia PreservedAristide Briand

Locarno · Government / Government of France

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

16 October 1925French Alliance with Poland PreservedAristide Briand

Locarno · Government / Government of France

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

16 October 1925French Support for Locarno Disarmament CommitmentAristide Briand

Locarno · Warfare / League of Nations

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

16 October 1925League Decision Exception PreservedAristide Briand

Locarno · Warfare / League of Nations

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

16 October 1925Locarno Final ProtocolAristide Briand

Locarno · Warfare / League of Nations

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

October 1925Briand Accepts British and Italian GuarantorsAristide Briand

Locarno · Government / Government of France

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

October 1925Doumergue Supports Briand's Western SettlementGaston Doumergue

Paris · Government / Government of France

Doumergue supports the French government's move toward a negotiated western security settlement.

October 1925French Approval of Western Security PactPaul Painlevé

Paris · Government / Government of France

The French government supports the five-power western security arrangement negotiated at Locarno.

October 1925French Cabinet Supports Locarno NegotiationsPaul Painlevé

Paris · Government / Government of France

Painlevé's government supports Briand's negotiations for guarantees of France's western security.

October 1925French Government Backs Mutual GuaranteePaul Painlevé

Paris · Government / Government of France

Painlevé's cabinet supports the proposed Treaty of Mutual Guarantee covering Germany's western frontiers.

October 1925French Insistence on Demilitarized RhinelandAristide Briand

Locarno · Government / Government of France

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

October 1925French Presidency during Locarno SettlementGaston Doumergue

Paris · Government / Government of France

Doumergue is President while the French government supports Briand's negotiations for the Locarno security settlement.

October 1925French Support for Rhineland GuaranteePaul Painlevé

Paris · Government / Government of France

Painlevé's government backs a guarantee of the Franco-German frontier and the Rhineland demilitarized zone.

October 1925Painlevé Cabinet Reviews Locarno CompromisePaul Painlevé

Paris · Government / Government of France

Painlevé's cabinet reviews the compromise balancing French security demands with German reintegration.

December

1 December 1925Briand Travels to London for Formal SigningAristide Briand

London · Government / Government of France

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

1 December 1925French Signature of Rhineland Pact in LondonAristide Briand

London · Government / Government of France

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

Other Events

1925Auger Electron EffectPierre Victor Auger

Paris · Science / Physics

Identifies radiationless atomic relaxation in which energy ejects a secondary electron, now called an Auger electron.

1925Central CommitteeMaurice Thorez

Politics / Communist Party

Appointed Member of Communist Party Central Committee

1925DoctorateIrene Joliot-Curie

Paris · Science / Chemistry

Receives a doctorate for research on polonium alpha rays.

1925Minister of JusticeCamille Chautemps

Government / Government of France

Appointed Minister of Justice

1925Minister of Public WorksPierre Laval

Government / Government of France

Appointed Minister of Public Works

1925Minister of WarPaul Painleve

Government / Government of France

Appointed Minister of War, 2nd term

1925Party LeaderLeon Blum

Paris · Politics / Socialist Party

Elected as a deputy, then becomes leader of the Socialist Party

1925Prime Minister of FrancePaul Painleve

Government / Government of France

Appointed Prime Minister of France, 2nd term

1925SecretariatCharles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle

Warfare / Military

Appointed Member of Marshal Petains Secretariat

Names involved

Aristide BriandCamille ChautempsCharles Andre Marie Joseph de GaulleGaston DoumergueIrene Joliot-CurieLeon BlumMaurice ThorezPaul PainlevePaul PainlevéPierre LavalPierre Victor Auger

Places involved

LocarnoLondonParis

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.