Auguste Mercier, the Glossary
Auguste Mercier (8 December 1833 – 3 March 1921) was a French general and Minister of War at the time of the Dreyfus Affair.[1]
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33 relations: Action Française, Alfred Dreyfus, Alphonse Bertillon, Arras, Émile Zola, Émile Zurlinden, Brigadier general, Charles de Freycinet, Charles Dupuy, Commemorative medal of the Mexico Expedition, Dreyfus affair, Fortifications of Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries, Georges Clemenceau, Georges Picquart, J'Accuse...!, Jean Casimir-Perier, Jean Jaurès, Jean-Denis Bredin, Julien Léon Loizillon, Legion of Honour, Loire-Atlantique, Mexican Imperial Orders, Minister of War (France), Order of Charles III, Order of Glory (Tunisia), Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, Order of the Dannebrog, Order of the Rising Sun, Salle Wagram, Second French intervention in Mexico, Siege of Puebla (1863), Treason, Wilhelm II.
- People associated with the Dreyfus affair
- Senators of Loire-Atlantique
Action Française
Action française (AF; French Action) is a French far-right monarchist political movement.
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Alfred Dreyfus
Alfred Dreyfus (9 October 1859 – 12 July 1935) was a French artillery officer of Alsatian origin and Jewish ethnicity and faith. Auguste Mercier and Alfred Dreyfus are École Polytechnique alumni and people associated with the Dreyfus affair.
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Alphonse Bertillon
Alphonse Bertillon (22 April 1853 – 13 February 1914) was a French police officer and biometrics researcher who applied the anthropological technique of anthropometry to law enforcement creating an identification system based on physical measurements. Auguste Mercier and Alphonse Bertillon are people associated with the Dreyfus affair.
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Arras
Arras (Aros; historical Atrecht) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; before the reorganization of 2014 it was in Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
Émile Zola
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (also,; 2 April 184029 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism.
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Émile Zurlinden
Émile Auguste François Thomas Zurlinden (3 November 1837 in Colmar, Haut-Rhin – 9 March 1929) was French Minister of War between 28 January 1895 and 1 November 1895 and again between 5 September 1898 and 17 September 1898 when he succeeded Godefroy Cavaignac. Auguste Mercier and Émile Zurlinden are École Polytechnique alumni, French Ministers of War and people associated with the Dreyfus affair.
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Brigadier general
Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries.
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Charles de Freycinet
Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet (14 November 1828 – 14 May 1923) was a French statesman who served four times as Prime Minister during the Third Republic. Auguste Mercier and Charles de Freycinet are École Polytechnique alumni and French Ministers of War.
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Charles Dupuy
Charles Alexandre Dupuy (5 November 1851 – 23 July 1923) was a French statesman, three times prime minister. Auguste Mercier and Charles Dupuy are French senators of the Third Republic.
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Commemorative medal of the Mexico Expedition
The Commemorative medal of the Mexico Expedition (Médaille commémorative de l'expédition du Mexique) was a French commemorative campaign medal established by decree of French Emperor Napoleon III on 29 August 1863 to recognize military service during the 1862-1863 French intervention in Mexico.
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Dreyfus affair
The Dreyfus affair (affaire Dreyfus) was a political scandal that divided the Third French Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906.
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Fortifications of Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries
The fortifications of Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries comprise.
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Georges Clemenceau
Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (also,; 28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. Auguste Mercier and Georges Clemenceau are French Ministers of War, French senators of the Third Republic and people associated with the Dreyfus affair.
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Georges Picquart
Marie-Georges Picquart (6 September 1854 – 19 January 1914) was a French Army officer and Minister of War. Auguste Mercier and Georges Picquart are French Ministers of War, French generals and people associated with the Dreyfus affair.
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J'Accuse...!
"J'Accuse...!" ("I Accuse...!") is an open letter, written by Émile Zola in response to the events of the Dreyfus affair, that was published on 13 January 1898 in the newspaper L'Aurore.
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Jean Casimir-Perier
Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Perier (8 November 1847 – 11 March 1907) was a French politician who served as President of France for six months in 1894-1895. Auguste Mercier and Jean Casimir-Perier are people associated with the Dreyfus affair.
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Jean Jaurès
Auguste Marie Joseph Jean Léon Jaurès (3 September 185931 July 1914), commonly referred to as Jean Jaurès (Joan Jaurés), was a French socialist leader.
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Jean-Denis Bredin
Jean-Denis Bredin (born Jean-Denis Hirsch: 17 May 1929 – 1 September 2021) was a French attorney and founding partner of the firm Bredin Prat.
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Julien Léon Loizillon
Julien Loizillon (15 January 1829, in Paris – 3 May 1899, at Dammarie-lès-Lys), was a French general and politician. Auguste Mercier and Julien Léon Loizillon are French Ministers of War and French generals.
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Legion of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.
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Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique (Gallo: Louére-Atantique; Liger-Atlantel; before 1957: Loire-Inférieure, Liger-Izelañ) is a department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean.
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Mexican Imperial Orders
There were three Imperial Orders of the Mexican Empire, which were Orders of chivalry created to reward Heads of state and prominent people during the two periods of the Mexican Empire—the (Orden Imperial de Guadalupe), the Imperial Order of the Mexican Eagle (Spanish: Orden Imperial del Águila Mexicana), and the (Spanish: Imperial Orden de San Carlos).
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Minister of War (France)
The Minister of War (Ministre de la guerre) was the leader and most senior official of the French Ministry of War.
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Order of Charles III
The Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III, originally Royal and Much Distinguished Order of Charles III (Real y Distinguida Orden Española de Carlos III, originally Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III; Abbr.: OC3) is a knighthood and one of the three preeminent orders of merit bestowed by the Kingdom of Spain, alongside the Order of Isabella the Catholic (established in 1815) and the Order of Civil Merit (established in 1926).
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Order of Glory (Tunisia)
The Order of Glory (İftihar Nişanı or Atiq Nishan-i-Iftikhar) was a Tunisian honorary order founded in 1835 by Al-Mustafa ibn Mahmud the Bey of Tunisia.
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Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
The Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro) (abbreviated OSSML) is a Roman Catholic dynastic order of knighthood bestowed by the royal House of Savoy.
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Order of the Dannebrog
The Order of the Dannebrog (Dannebrogordenen) is a Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V.
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Order of the Rising Sun
The is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji.
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Salle Wagram
The Salle Wagram is a historic auditorium in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France.
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Second French intervention in Mexico
The second French intervention in Mexico (segunda intervención francesa en México), also known as the Second Franco-Mexican War (1861–1867), was a military invasion of the Republic of Mexico by the French Empire of Napoleon III, purportedly to force the collection of Mexican debts in conjunction with Great Britain and Spain.
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Siege of Puebla (1863)
The siege of Puebla occurred between 16 March and 17 May 1863 during the Second French intervention in Mexico, between forces of the Second French Empire and forces of the Second Federal Republic of Mexico.
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Treason
Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance.
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Wilhelm II
Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as the Hohenzollern dynasty's 300-year rule of Prussia.
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See also
People associated with the Dreyfus affair
- Émile Zurlinden
- Alfred Dreyfus
- Alphonse Bertillon
- Armand du Paty de Clam
- Auguste Mercier
- Auguste Scheurer-Kestner
- Benjamin Abram
- Caroline Rémy de Guebhard
- Charles-Arthur Gonse
- Eugène Guérin
- Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
- Fernand Labori
- Georges Clemenceau
- Georges Mandel
- Georges Picquart
- Georges-Gabriel de Pellieux
- Gustave Schlumberger
- Henri Brisson
- Hubert-Joseph Henry
- Jean Casimir-Perier
- Jean Sandherr
- Jean-Baptiste Billot
- Joseph Reinach
- Léon Daudet
- Ludovic Trarieux
- Mathieu Dreyfus
- Maurice Paléologue
- Maurice Weil
- Raoul Le Mouton de Boisdeffre
- Theodor Herzl
Senators of Loire-Atlantique
- André Morice
- André Trillard
- Auguste Mercier
- Charles Gautier
- Christophe Priou
- François Autain
- Gisèle Gautier
- Jacques de Juigné
- Joël Guerriau
- Jules-Albert de Dion
- List of senators of Loire-Atlantique
- Michelle Meunier
- Monique Papon
- Yannick Vaugrenard