Historedia
Person

General Billot

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1898–1899

Every event in Historedia whose sources name General Billot, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Émile Zola publishes J'Accuse…! and is imprisoned over the Dreyfus affair

    1898–1899

    Role: Minister of War

    1. 13 January 1898 · ParisPublication of J'Accuse…!

      Zola published an open letter accusing the government of injustice in the Dreyfus case on the front page of L'Aurore.

    2. 23 February 1898 to June 1899 · Conviction at the Assises of the Seine in Paris; flight destination EnglandConviction and Flight to England

      Zola was found guilty of libel on 23 February 1898 at the conclusion of the Assises hearing and fled to England to avoid imprisonment, returning in June 1899.

Sources

  1. Dreyfus affair Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-08