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Events on Saturday 22 December 1894 2
1894Alfred Dreyfus convicted of treasonA wrongful conviction ignites years of national crisis in FranceCaptain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery officer, was convicted by a French military court on 22 December 1894 of passing secrets to Germany and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. The conviction, based on forged evidence, was later shown to be a miscarriage of justice driven by antisemitism. The Dreyfus Affair went on to divide French society for over a decade.
1894 – 1906The Dreyfus AffairPolitical ScandalA wrongful treason conviction of a Jewish officer that divided France over issues of antisemitism and justice.