Timeline

1839
Treaty guaranteeing Belgian neutrality.

1860
Birth of Verges.

1866
Germany has a success against Austria.

1869
Birth of Fatima.

1870
Germany has a success against France.

1871
Prince Otto von Bismarck becomes the first chancellor of the German Empire.

1876
Verges gets his first job washing the exteriors of the train cars.

1884
Elections in Germany. Growth of the Social-Democratic vote.

1885
Birth of Robert Cath.

1887
Elections in Germany. Growth of the Social-Democratic vote.

1890
Von Bismarck ends his office as Chancellor.

1894
Birth of Salko Popivoda and Yasmin.

1895
Birth of Hadija.

1898
Birth of Tatiana Obelensky.

1899
Birth of Alouan.

1903

 * Joseph Caillaux receives a private letter in the Ministry of Finance and loses his temper
 * Independence of Panama from Columbia

1904-5
Russia and Japan engage in war.

1907

 * Birth of Francois Boutarel

1908

 * Henriette Caillaux writes a letter to Joseph Caillaux

1909

 * Caillaux explains to Berthe Gueyan his affair with Raynouard and begs her not to leave him.

1912
Elections in Germany. SPD approaches the 50% mark.

1912-13
Balkan League fights against Turkey.

1914

 * July 20
 * Robert Cath and Gerald Reilly as they flee Ireland engage in a fight with the police in Belfast. Matthew O'Connell is killed. (Newspaper clip)
 * July 21
 * Storm. Authorities presume the fishing boat of Cath and Reilly is lost.
 * July 22
 * The boat is found on the morning on the coast of Brittany near Combray. Reilly is discovered in a nearby barn and a country-wide search for Cath is launched.
 * July 23
 * Cath is looked for in Paris
 * The Conference of Party Leaders meets for the fourth time at Buckingham Palace to prevent future bloodshed and civil strife in Ireland.
 * Berthe Gueyan speaks to the court concerning the murder of Gaston Calmette by Henriette Caillaux.
 * July 24
 * The Orient Express leaves the Gare de l'Est on 7 pm.