November 22, 1890 - Lille, France - Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle is born
November 1(?), 1896 - Paris - Enrolls at the Saint-Thomas d'Aquin Primary School in Paris
July 19, 1906 - Paris - Charles obtains the baccalaureate and begins studying harder to get a place at the military academy of Saint-Cyr
July 26, 1907 - Antoing, Belgium - Charles enrolls in a preparatory class at the Central School at the "Collège du Sacré-Coeur" in Antoing, Belgium. During the year, he takes elementary mathematics to prepare for the entrance exam to the academy of Saint-Cyr
May 1(?), 1908 - Antoing - Charles publishes a study entitled "La Congrégation" in issue 6 of "Hors de France", a journal of the College of Antoing.
May 20, 1908 - Mouvaux, French-Belgian border - Five-day graduation retreat at the Maison de Notre-Dame du Haut-Mont.
October 1, 1908 - Paris - Charles enters Stanislas College in Paris in preparation for the academy of Saint-Cyr. Under the pseudonym Charles de Lugale, he writes "Zalaïna", a short love story about a French officer and a young girl in New Caledonia.
September 30, 1909 - Coëtquidan, Morbihan, Brittany - De Gaulle wins a place at the Military Academy of Saint-Cyr (but needed to serve as a private and NCO before attending the academy)
October 10, 1909 - Arras - De Gaulle enlists in the 33rd Infantry Regiment based at Arras
January 30, 1910 - Arras - Writes another love story, "La fille de l'Agah", in the "journal des voyages et des aventures de terre et de mer"
April 16, 1910 - Arras - Promoted to Corporal
September 27, 1910 - Arras - Promoted to Sergeant
October 14, 1910 - Coëtquidan, Morbihan, Brittany - De Gaulle takes his place at the Military Academy of Saint-Cyr
October 1, 1911 - Coëtquidan - Promoted to Sous-Lieutenant (Second Lieutenant)
September 1, 1912 - Coëtquidan - De Gaulle graduates 13th in his class =(START)
October 9, 1912 - Arras - Rejoins the 33rd Infantry Regiment, commanded by Colonel Philippe Pétain
October 1, 1913 - Arras - De Gaulle is promoted to Lieutenant (First Lieutenant)
April 1, 1914 - Arras - De Gaulle gives a lecture on the German army to the 33rd Infantry Regiment in Arras, in front of the battalion's cadres.
August 1, 1914 - Arras - General mobilization
August 3, 1914 - While at Hirson (near the belgian border) - Germany declares war on France. German troops enter Belgium
August 9, 1914 - Rocroi - The 11th company, to which De Gaulle's section belonged, moves to Rocroi
August 13, 1914 - Ostricourt, Belgium - The 11th company moves to Ostricourt, Belgium
August 14, 1914 - Dinant, Belgium - The company arrives at Dinant, Belgium
August 15, 1914 - Dinant | Charleroi, Belgium - Baptism of fire at the Battle of Dinant. De Gaulle is shot in the knee - Evacuated to Charleroi
August(?) 17(?), 1914 - Arras -Transfered to Arras to be taken to Paris
August(?) 20(?), 1914 - Paris - Surgery in Saint-Joseph's hospital, Paris
September(?) 1(?), 1914 - Lyon - Moved to Desgenettes Hospital in Lyon
October 2, 1914 - Cognac - De Gaulle arrives in Cognac, where the 33rd Infantry Regiment depot was located and where many wounded were completing their convalescence
October 18, 1914 - Pontavert-Berry-au-Bac, NW of Reims - Rejoins his regiment, as commander of the 7th company
December 1(?), 1914 - Ventelay, NW of Reims - De Gaulle becomes regimental adjutant
December 18, 1914 - Hurlus Region (NE of Châlons-sur-Marne/SE of Reims) - The 33rd Infantry Regiment moves to the Hurlus region
January 18, 1915 - Mesnil-les-Hurlus - Receives the Croix de Guerre: "Carried out a seriesof reconnaissance of positions in perilous conditions and brought back valuable information"
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| Charles de Gaulle, 1915 (WikiCommons) |
March 6, 1915 - Mesnil-les-Hurlus - De Gaulle is hit in his right ear by shrapnel
March 10, 1915 - Mesnil-les-Hurlus - De Gaulle is shot in his hand
June 13, 1915 - Pontavert-Berry-au-Bac, NW of Reims - De Gaulle rejoins the 33rd Infantry Regiment in Pontavert-Berry-au-Bac
August 1(?), 1915 - Pontavert-Berry-au-Bac - Commands the 10th company (before returning to his duties as regimental adjutant)
September 3, 1915 - Pontavert-Berry-au-Bac - Officially promoted to Captain
February 26, 1916 - Verdun - The 33rd Infantry Regiment moves to Verdun
March 2, 1916 - Douaumont, France - De Gaulle's company is surrounded by the advancing germans. He is wounded in the left thigh by a bayonet after being stunned by a shell and was taken prisoner after passing out from the effects of poison gas.
March 4(?), 1916 - Mainz, Germany - Taken as prisoner to a hospital in Mainz
May 1(?), 1916 - Osnabrück, Germany - Taken to prison in Osnabrück
October 1(?), 1916 - Ingolstadt, Bavaria - De Gaulle is transfered to Ingolstadt, Bavaria
October 29, 1916 - Ingolstadt - Escapes imprisonment
November 5, 1916 - Pfaffenhofen - De Gaulle is recaptured at Pfaffenhofen and taken back to Ingolstadt
July 1(?), 1917 - Rosenberg (between Stuttgart and Nuremberg) - De Gaulle is transfered to Rosenberg
October 15, 1917 - Rosenberg - Escapes imprisonment
October 20, 1917 - Passau, Germany - De Gaulle is recaptured and punished with 60 days in solitary confinement and three more weeks at Passau
October 30, 1917 - Passau - Escapes imprisonment but is recaptured on the same day
November 1(?), 1917 - Ingolstadt - De Gaulle is transfered to Ingolstadt again
May 1(?), 1918 - Wülzburg - De Gaulle is interned in the Wülzburg prisoner camp
June 10, 1918 - Wülzburg - Escapes imprisonment but is recaptured on the next day
July 7, 1918 - Wülzburg - Escapes imprisonment once more but is recaptured after three days. These escape attempts earn him 120 days of solitary confinement
September 1(?), 1918 - Passau, Germany - De Gaulle is transfered to Passau
November 11, 1918 - While in Passau - The Armistice is signed at Rethondes, near Compiègne
November 28, 1918 - Romanshorn, Switzerland - De Gaulle leaves Romanshorn-Switzerland for France
December 1, 1918 - Lyon, France - De Gaulle arrives in Lyon
December 3, 1918 - Dordogne, SW France - Returns to his father's house in Dordogne and reunites with his three brothers, who had served in the army and survived the war
January 20, 1919 - Saint-Maxient-l'École, NE of Niort - Arrives at Saint-Maxient, to attend a refresher course at an infantry school for officers returning from captivity
January 28, 1919 - Saint-Maxient-l'École - Letter to General Archinard, commander of the franco-polish military mission, requesting to be enlisted in the Polish army
June 1(?), 1919 - Rembertów, Warsaw, Poland - Assigned as instructor at the Rembertów Infantry School
November 11, 1920 - Paris - Engaged to Yvonne Vendroux while on a short leave in France
January 13, 1921 - Rembertów, Warsaw, Poland - A citation is awarded to him by the Minister of War for his conduct in Poland. "Seconded to the General's Staff accredited to the Polish Army Group South, then Central, has rendered notable service as an officer of the 3rd Bureau. Was particularly noted for the brilliant way in which he accomplished, in very difficult conditions, several missions to the armies during the operations of August 1920, showing a very clear sense of situations, of a judgment safe, exposing itself to the very contact of the enemy to document itself with precision (operation against the army of Boudienny from July 30 to August 2, capture of Haubieszauw on August 13 and 14). He was to his leader the most valuable auxiliary and to his Polish comrades the example of an accomplished war officer."
February 1, 1921 - Coëtquidan, Morbihan, Brittany - De Gaulle returns to France and is appointed history teacher at the Military Academy of Saint-Cyr
April 7, 1921 - Calais - De Gaulle marries Yvonne Vendroux in Calais
May 1, 1921 - Paris - The newlyweds settle in Paris
November 19, 1921 - Paris - De Gaulle is decorated with the Polish "Virtuti Militari"
December 28, 1921 - Paris - First son, Philippe de Gaulle, is born
May 15, 1922 - Paris - Internship with the 6th Dragon Regiment stationed in Paris.
June 15, 1922 - Paris - De Gaulle published in "La Revue Militaire Générale" an article entitled "The Fatal Quarrel of a Chancellor and an Admiral".
June 16, 1922 - Satory - Internship with the 503rd armoured Regiment at Satory
July 1, 1922 - Le Bourget - Internship with the 34th Aviation Regiment at Le Bourget
September 1, 1922 - Trier, Germany - Internship with the 231st Artillery Regiment stationed in Trier
November 2, 1922 - Paris - Begins studies at the École Supérieure de Guerre
November 15, 1922 - Paris - De Gaulle publishes an article in "La Revue Militaire Générale" entitled: "L’envers du décor" (behind the scenes)
March 1, 1924 - Paris - His book "La Discorde chez l'ennemi" is published
May 15, 1924 - Paris - Daughter Elisabeth is born
September 21, 1924 - Paris - De Gaulle is assigned for an internship at the Rhine Army staff in Mainz, Germany
October 31, 1924 - Paris - Finishes his studies at the École de Guerre
March 1, 1925 - Mainz, Germany - De Gaulle publishes an article in the "Revue Militaire Française" entitled "Doctrine a priori or doctrine of circumstances" in which he took the opposite view of the theories taught at the École de Guerre
July 1, 1925 - Mainz - De Gaulle leaves Mainz to join the private staff of Marshal Pétain, vice-president of the Supreme War Council
August 1(?), 1925 - Mainz - Marshal Pétain agrees to go to Morocco to replace Lyautey who displeased the political power. De Gaulle disapproves and later would say that for him, Pétain was dead
December 1, 1925 - Mainz - Publishes an essay on the "Historical role of French Fortresses"
October 5, 1926 - Mainz - Returns to his duties with the Headquarters of the Army of the Rhine
March 1, 1927 - Mainz - De Gaulle publishes an article entitled “Le flambeau”(the torch) in issues 69 and 70 of the "Revue Militaire Française"
April 7, 1927 - Paris - De Gaulle delivers a lecture at the École de Guerre on "Leadership in Wartime"
April 15, 1927 - Paris - De Gaulle delivers a lecture at the École de Guerre on "Character"
April 22, 1927 - Paris - De Gaulle delivers a lecture at the École de Guerre on "Prestige"
September 25, 1927 - Trier, Germany - De Gaulle is promoted to battalion commander and assigned to the 19th Chasseur Battalion in Trier
October 17, 1927 - Trier - Begins a two-year posting as commanding officer of the 19th chasseurs à pied with the occupation forces at Trier
January 1, 1928 - Trier - Second daughter, Anne de Gaulle, is born
March 1, 1928 - Trier - De Gaulle publishes an article in the "Revue Militaire Française" entitled "L’action de guerre et le Chef"
April 1, 1929 - Trier - De Gaulle publishes an article entitled: "Philosophy of recruitment".
October 18, 1929 - Trier - De Gaulle is placed at the disposal of the general commanding the troops of the Levant
November 12, 1929 - Beirut, Lebanon - De Gaulle arrives in Beirut with his family
November 20, 1929 - Beirut - Assigned as commander of the 2nd and 3rd offices of the General Command's General Staff of the Levant troops
July 3, 1930 - Beirut - Speech on the occasion of the distribution of the Saint-Joseph University of Beirut prizes
August 17, 1931 - Beirut - De Gaulle publishes "Histoire des troupes du Levant", in collaboration with the battalion commander Yvon
November 6, 1931 - Paris - Posted as a "drafting officer" to SGDSN - Secrétariat Général du Conseil Supérieur de la Défense Nationale (General Secretariat of the Supreme War Council)
May 1, 1932 - Paris - Publishes an article entitled "Combats du temps de paix" (Peacetime combats)
May 3, 1932 - While in Paris - Henri de Gaulle, his father, dies in Sainte-Adresse (Seine-Maritime)
July 22, 1932 - Paris - Publishes "Le Fil de l'épée" (The Edge of the Sword)
March 4, 1933 - Paris - Publishes the article "Pour une politique de défense nationale" (For a national defense policy)
April 1, 1933 - Paris - Publishes the article: "Le soldat de l’Antiquité" (The soldier of Antiquity)
May 10, 1933 -Paris - Pubishes the article "Vers l’armée de métier" (Towards the professional army)
December 5, 1933 - Paris - Publishes the article "Métier militaire" (Military profession)
December 25, 1933 - Paris - Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel
January 1, 1934 - Paris - Publishes the article "Mobilisation économique à l’étranger" (Economic mobilization abroad)
January 13, 1934 - Paris - Publishes the article "Forgeons une armée de métier" (Let's forge a professional army)
May 5, 1934 - Paris - Writes "Vers l'Armée de Métier" (Towards a professional army)
June 9, 1934 - Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, France - De Gaulle acquires a property at Colombey-les-deux-Eglises (Haute-Marne)
July 14, 1934 - Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - De Gaulle moves to his new property at Colombey-les-Deux-Églises
December 5, 1934 - Paris - Meets politician Paul Reynaud at the home of his friend Jean Auburtin. They talk about a professional army, which Paul Reynaud supports
December 19, 1934 - Paris - De Gaulle is promoted to officer of the Légion d’honneur
January 12, 1935 - Paris - Publishes the article "Comment faire une armée de métier?" (How to build a professional army?)
January 1, 1936 - Paris - Publishes the article "Les origines de l’armée française" (The origins of the french army)
April 16, 1936 - Paris - Whilst still in his staff position at SGDSN, his assignment as lecturer at the Center des Hautes Études Militaires for the period 1936-1937 is published in the Official Journal
October 14, 1936 - Paris - De Gaulle meets Léon Blum, President of the Council of Ministers, and explains to him the urgent need to create an armored army
October 22, 1936 - Paris - De Gaulle gives a lecture at the Center for Advanced Military Studies on "The organization of National Defense".
July 13, 1937 - Paris - De Gaulle is put in command of the 507th Tank Regiment in Metz
September 5, 1937 - Metz - De Gaulle arrives in Metz and takes command of the 507th Tank Regiment
December 25, 1937 - Metz - Promoted to Colonel
September 27, 1938 - Metz - Publication of "La France et son Armée" (France and her Army)
October 1(?), 1938 - Metz - Pétain changes his mind about his protegé De Gaulle, privately thinking that he was "an ambitious man, and very ill-bred"
September 2, 1939 - Metz - De Gaulle was appointed interim commander of the tanks of the 5th Army, Alsace-Lorraine region
September 3, 1939 - While in Metz - France and Great Britain declare WAR to Nazi Germany
September 12, 1939 - Bitche, NE France - De Gaulle attacks at Bitche, simultaneously with the Saar Offensive
October 23, 1939 - Goetzenbruck, France - De Gaulle's unit is reviewed by the President of the Republic Albert Lebrun in Goetzenbruck
May 7, 1940 - Montcornet, near Laon - Assembling the staff of his new 4th Armoured Division
May 12, 1940 - Montcornet - De Gaulle activates his new division
May 15, 1940 - Montcornet - With three tank battalions assembled (less than a third of his paper strength) De Gaulle is summoned to headquarters and told to attack to gain time for General Robert Touchon's 6th Army to redeploy from the Maginot Line to the Aisne. General Georges tells him its his chance to implement his ideas
May 17, 1940 - Montcornet - De Gaulle attacks at Montcornet, but is outnumbered, loosing 23 of his 90 vehicles to stukas, Anti-tank weapons and mines
May 19, 1940 - Montcornet - De Gaulle attacks again but his forces are devastated by stukas
May 23, 1940 - Montcornet - Promoted to Brigadier-General
May 28, 1940 - Abbeville - De Gaulle attacks the german spearhead at Abbeville, taking 400 german prisoners in the last attempt to cut an escape route for the allied forces falling back on Dunkirk
June 1, 1940 - Paris - Arrives in Paris. His promotion to Brigadier-General becomes effective
June 2, 1940 - Paris - He sends a memo to Weygand vainly urging that the French armoured divisions be consolidated from four weak divisions into three stronger ones and concentrated into an armoured corps under his command. He makes the same suggestion to Reynaud
June 5, 1940 - Paris - Prime Minister Paul Reynaud appointed de Gaulle a government minister, as Under-Secretary of State for National Defence and War, with particular responsibility for coordination with the British
June 8, 1940 - Paris - Visits Weygand
June 9, 1940 - London, England - De Gaulle flies to London to meet British Prime-Minister Winston Churchill
June 10, 1940 - Paris | Tours - De Gaulle leaves Paris for Tours
June 11, 1940 - Tours | Arcis-sur-Aube | Briare - The French government leaves Paris for Tours. De Gaulle drives to Arcis-sur-Aube and offers General Hunziger Weygand's job as Commander-in-Chief. At the end of the day, De Gaulle attends the meeting of the Anglo-French Supreme War Council at Briare, with presence of Churchill
June 12, 1940 - Rennes - Misses the second day of conference to attend a meeting in Rennes
June 13, 1940 - Tours - Conference with Churchill
June 14, 1940 - Bordeaux - Arrives in Bordeaux. Dinner at the same restaurant as Pétain
June 15, 1940 - Brittany - With no aircraft available, De Gaulle drives to Brittany and visits his wife, mother and daughters
June 16, 1940 - Plymouth | London, England | Bordeaux - De Gaulle takes a boat to Plymouth and then flies to London to meet British Prime-Minister Winston Churchill. At the end of the night he flies back to Bordeaux, being informed there that he was no longer a minister. Pétain was now the prime-minister and was seeking an armistice with Nazi Germany
June 17, 1940 - Bordeaux | London, England - In danger of being arrested, De Gaulle flies to London and his received by Churchill, who offers him broadcast time on BBC Radio
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| BBC Broadcast, June 18, 1940 |
June 19, 1940 - London - BBC Broadcast: De Gaulle denies the legitimacy of the government at Bordeaux
June 22, 1940 - London - Marshal Pétain's government concludes an armistice with Nazi Germany. De Gaulle denounces it on a BBC broadcast
June 28, 1940 - London - After Churchill's envoys fail to establish contact with the french leaders in North Africa, the British Government recognizes De Gaulle as leader of the Free French
July 3, 1940 - London - De Gaulle reacts angrily to news of the Royal Navy's attack on the French Fleet in Mers el-Kébir
July 8, 1940 - London - BBC Broadcast about the attack on the French Fleet
July 14, 1940 - London - De Gaulle reviews the first contingents of the Free French Forces marching through the streets of London. Then lays a wreath at the monument to Marshal Foch
July 16, 1940 - While in London - Jeanne de Gaulle, his mother, dies at Paimpont (Ille-et-Vilaine)
July 24, 1940 - London - Moves his headquarters to 4 Carlton Gardens in Central London
August 3, 1940 - While in London - The Vichy regime condemns De Gaulle to death in absentia
August 7, 1940 - London - De Gaulle and Churchill agree that Britain would fund the Free French
August 24, 1940 - Morval, W. of Plymouth - De Gaulle receives King George VI who comes to visit the camp of Morval, where units of the Free French Forces were preparing to depart
August 31, 1940 - Liverpool - De Gaulle embarks for Sierra Leone aboard the "SS Westernland", with the aim of rallying French West Africa to Free France. The French-British naval expedition is codenamed "Operation Menace". General Georges Catroux, Governor of French Indo-China (who was sacked by Vichy) arrives in London
September 17, 1940 - Freetown, Sierra Leone - "SS Westernland" arrives in Freetown, Sierra Leone
September 23, 1940 - Dakar, Senegal - In front of Dakar where Vichy reinforcements had arrived. The rallying operation fails
October 5, 1940 - Douala, Cameroon - Four day stay in Douala, Cameroon
October 12, 1940 - Yaoundé, Cameroon - De Gaulle arrives in Yaoundé, Cameroon
October 13, 1940 - Fort-Lamy, Chad - After escaping a plane crash, De Gaulle arrives in Fort-Lamy and meets with General Georges Catroux
October 24, 1940 - Brazzaville, Congo - De Gaulle arrives in Brazzaville, Congo
November 15, 1940 - Libreville, Gabon - De Gaulle visits Libreville, Gabon
November 16, 1940 - Port-Gentil, Gabon - Visit to Port-Gentil, Gabon
November 17, 1940 - London, England - De Gaulle returns to England via Lagos, Freetown, Bathurst (Banjul) and Gibraltar
March 8, 1941 - Chequers, Ellesborough - De Gaulle stays two days at Chequers with Winston Churchill
March 14, 1941 - Liverpool(?) - De Gaulle departs for Africa
March 17, 1941 - Gibraltar - Stop over in Gibraltar
March 19, 1941 - Gibraltar(?) - De Gaulle signs, on behalf of Free France, a financial, economic and monetary agreement with the British government.
March 22, 1941 - Fort-Lamy, Chad - Three day stay in Fort-Lamy, Chad
March 26, 1941 - While in Fort-Lamy - Victory of franco-british troops in Keren, Eritrea
March 28, 1941 - Khartoum, Sudan - De Gaulle inspects the free French units in Khartoum
March 30, 1941 - Keren, Eritrea - De Gaulle inspects the French troops who fought in Keren
April 1, 1941 - Cairo, Egypt - De Gaulle arrives in Cairo where he meets with General Wavell
April 6, 1941 - Alexandria, Egypt - Press Conference in Alexandria
April 7, 1941 - Cairo, Egypt - Return to Cairo for a week's stay
April 16, 1941 - Brazzaville, Congo - Returns to Brazzaville, stopping off in Khartoum
April 26, 1941 - Fort-Lamy, Chad - Returns to Fort-Lamy, Chad
April 27, 1941 - Bangui, Central African Republic - Visit to Bangui, Central African Republic
April 28, 1941 - Fort-Lamy, Chad - Returns to Fort-Lamy for a week's stay
May 6, 1941 - Douala, Cameroon - Two-day visit to Douala, Cameroon
May 8, 1941 - Libreville, Gabon - De Gaulle returns to Libreville
May 20, 1941 - Brazzaville, Congo - De Gaulle departs to Cairo
May 23, 1941 - Khartoum, Sudan - Stop in Khartoum, Sudan
May 24, 1941 - Cairo, Egypt - De Gaulle arrives in Cairo, Egypt
May 26, 1941 - Qastina, British Palestine - De Gaulle inspects the 1st Free French Division at Qastina
June 13, 1941 - Jerusalem, British Palestine - De Gaulle visits Jerusalem
June 17, 1941 - Cairo, Egypt - De Gaulle returns to Cairo
June 21, 1941 - While in Cairo - The 1st Free French Division enters Damascus with the british troops
June 23, 1941 - Damascus, Syria - De Gaulle arrives in Damascus
June 26, 1941 - Jerusalem, British Palestine - De Gaulle arrives in Damascus
June 28, 1941 - Cairo, Egypt - De Gaulle returns to Cairo
July 8, 1941 - Cairo - Leaves Cairo for Khartoum
July 9, 1941 - Khartoum, Sudan - Leaves Khartoum for Brazzaville
July 15, 1941 - Brazzaville, Congo - Leaves Brazzaville for Cairo
July 17, 1941 - Kampala, Uganda - Stop over in Kampala, Uganda
July 20, 1941 - Cairo, Egypt - De Gaulle returns to Cairo
July 25, 1941 - Beirut, Lebanon - Returns to Beirut
July 28, 1941 - Damascus, Syria - Returns to Damascus
July 31, 1941 - Beirut, Lebanon - Returns to Beirut
August 7, 1941 - Beirut - British Minister Lyttleton visits de Gaulle
August 8, 1941 - Homs, Hama, Aleppo - Syria - Three-day tour through northern Syria: Homs, Hama, Aleppo
August 11, 1941 - Beirut - Returns to Beirut
August 13, 1941 - Soueïda | Jebel al-Druze, Syria - Visit to Soueïda and the mountain peak of Jebel al-Druze
August 18, 1941 - Tripoli, Lebanon | Latakia, Syria - Visits Tripoli, Lebanon, and Latakia, Syria
August 20, 1941 - Beirut, Lebanon - Returns to Beirut
August 21, 1941 - Cairo, Egypt - De Gaulle arrives in Cairo, Egypt
August 24, 1941 - Brazzaville, Congo - De Gaulle returns to Brazzaville
September 1, 1941 - London - De Gaulle returns to London
September 24, 1941 - London - De Gaulle establishes the French National Committee
November 10, 1941 - London - General de Gaulle speaks with King George of Greece in the presence of Winston Churchill on the situation in Greece and Soviet policy
November 15, 1941 - London - De Gaulle delivers a speech at the Royal Albert Hall during the meeting of the French in Great Britain during which he defines the objectives of Free France: to wage war, then restore democracy and finally organize national life
November 25, 1941 - Oxford - De Gaulle delivers a speech at Oxford University where he analyzes the causes of war and the nature of Hitlerism
December 8, 1941 - London - Free France declares WAR to Japan
January 2, 1942 - London - Free France adheres to the United Nations declaration
January 6, 1942 - London - Lunch at the French Chamber of Commerce in London. De Gaulle delivers a speech on the reconstruction of France
January 9, 1942 - Liverpool, England - Visit to Free French merchant ships in Liverpool
January 13, 1942 - London - Lunch at the English Speaking Union in London
February 5, 1942 - Midlands (Leeds, Birmingham, Bradford, Warrington, Liverpool) - Inspection tour of Free French Forces units in the Midlands (Leeds, Birmingham, Bradford, Warrington, Liverpool), until February 8th
February 12, 1942 - Ayr, Scotland - De Gaulle inspects the "Ile de France" fighter group in Ayr, near Glasgow
February 27, 1942 - Camberley, SW of London - De Gaulle visits the Free French units in training at Camp Camberley
February 28, 1942 - London - De Gaulle decides to send the Normandy squadron (future Normandie-Niemen) to the Soviet Union
March 12, 1942 - Uxbridge, Middlesex - De Gaulle visits Air Vice-Marshal Leigh-Mallory's Headquarters in Uxbridge, Middlesex
April 16, 1942 - Hull, England - General de Gaulle inspects the destroyer "Léopard" at Hull
May 21, 1942 - London - De Gaulle meets in London with Ambassador Winant, Roosevelt's representative to the British government, about the political situation in Germany, the Russian campaign and the opening of a second front in France
May 24, 1942 - London - Meeting with Molotov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union
May 30, 1942 - Finedon, Northamptonshire - Visit to Finedon, Northamptonshire
June 10, 1942 - London - Meeting with Winston Churchill
June 18, 1942 - London - Speech in Royal Albert Hall, London
June 23, 1942 - Edinburgh, Scotland - Speech in Edinburgh, Scotland
June 24, 1942 - Greenock, Clyde - Scotland - De Gaulle inspects the establishments and buildings of the Free French Naval Forces in Greenock
July 29, 1942 - London - Meeting with Winston Churchill
August 5, 1942 - London - Departs from London to Africa
August 7, 1942 - Cairo, Egypt - Arrives in Cairo, Egypt
August 11, 1942 - Beirut, Lebanon - De Gaulle arrives in Beirut
August 18, 1942 - While in Beirut - The 1st Free French Marine Battalion participates in the British raid on Dieppe
September 1, 1942 - While in Beirut - Creates the Normandie nºIII Fighter squadron, a Free french Air Force squadron to fight on the Eastern Front
September 13, 1942 - Damascus, Syria - De Gaulle goes to Damascus from where flies to Fort-Lamy, Chad
September 14, 1942 - Fort-Lamy, Chad - De Gaulle arrives in Fort-Lamy
September 16, 1942 - Yaoundé | Douala, Cameroon - Visits to Yaoundé and Douala, Cameroon
September 17, 1942 - Libreville, Gabon - De Gaulle arrives in Libreville, Gabon
September 18, 1942 - Pointe-Noire, Congo - Visit to Pointe-Noire, Congo
September 19, 1942 - Brazzaville, Congo - De Gaulle arrives in Brazzaville
September 22, 1942 - Brazzaville - De Gaulle departs to England via the west coast of Africa
September 25, 1942 - London - De Gaulle returns to London
September 29, 1942 - London - Meeting with Winston Churchill
October 21, 1942 - Camberley, SW of London - De Gaulle visits Free French Forces units in training at Camp Camberley
October 23, 1942 - Portsmouth | Cowes - De Gaulle inspects the establishments and buildings of the Free French Naval Forces in Portsmouth and Cowes
October 28, 1942 - Biggin Hill - De Gaulle visits the "Île-de-France" fighter group at Biggin Hill
November 11, 1942 - London - Speech at the Royal Albert Hall
November 16, 1942 - London - Meeting with Winston Churchill
November 24, 1942 - London - Meeting with Winston Churchill
December 9, 1942 - Ribbesford Hall, Bewdley - De Gaulle inspects the Free France Cadet Military School at Ribbesford Hall, Bewdley
December 24, 1942 - Greenock, Clyde - Scotland - Inspects the establishments and buildings of the Free France Naval Forces in Greenock
January 8, 1943 - Dundee, Scotland - Inspects the establishments and units of the Free French Naval Forces in Dundee
January 13, 1943 - London - Departs for Casablanca
January 14, 1943 - Casablanca, Morocco - Casablanca Conference, with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill
January 24, 1943 - Casablanca - Departs back to England
February 1, 1943 - Camberley, SW of London - De Gaulle inspects the Free French Forces in training at Camp Camberley
April 2, 1943 - London - Meeting with Winston Churchill
April 21, 1943 - RAF Nordholt - Scheduled to fly in a Wellington bomber to Scotland to inspect the Free French Navy. On take-off, the bomber's tail drops, and the plane nearly crashes into the airfield's embankment. Only the skill of the pilot, who became aware of sabotage on takeoff, saves de Gaulle's life
April 22, 1943 - Greeenock | Barrow-on-Furness, Scotland - De Gaulle inspects the establishments and buildings of the Free French Naval Forces at Greeenock and Barrow-in-Furness
May 27, 1943 - Ribbesford Hall, Bewdley - De Gaulle visits the Free France Cadet Military School at Ribbesford Hall, Bewdley. Then leaves London for Algiers
May 30, 1943 - Algiers, Algeria - De Gaulle arrives in Algiers and establishes his headquarters there
June 6, 1943 - Algiers - Meeting with Winston Churchill while in Algiers
June 19, 1943 - Algiers - Meeting with General Eisenhower
June 27, 1943 - Tunis, Tunisia - Meeting with the Bey Sidi Lamine in Tunis
June 28, 1943 - Algiers, Algeria - Returns to Algiers
August 6, 1943 - Casablanca, Morocco - Meeting with sultan Mohamed V
August 8, 1943 - Casablanca | Meknès, Morocco - Speech in Casablanca. De Gaulle visits Meknès
August 9, 1943 - Fez, Morocco - Visit to Fez
August 10, 1943 - Ifrane, Morocco - General de Gaulle is received by Berber leaders in the region of Ifrane
September 3, 1943 - Algiers, Algeria - Speech in Algiers
September 11, 1943 - Oran, Algeria - De Gaulle arrives in Oran
September 24, 1943 - Algiers, Algeria - Speech in Algiers
October 8, 1943 - Ajaccio | Bastia | Corte - De Gaulle flies to Corsica and delivers speeches in Ajaccio, Bastia and Corte
October 30, 1943 - Algiers, Algeria - Speech in Algiers
December 12, 1943 - Constantine, Algeria - Visit to Constantine, Algeria
December 13, 1943 - Marrakech, Morocco - Visit to Marrakech, Morocco
December 17, 1943 - Algiers, Algeria - Retuns to Algiers
December 30, 1943 - Algiers - Meeting with General Eisenhower
January 12, 1944 - Marrakech, Morocco - De Gaulle is received by Winston Churchill
January 17, 1944 - Algiers, Algeria - Meeting with General Wilson, commander of the Allied Forces in the Mediterranean
January 30, 1944 - Brazzaville, Congo - Conference in Brazzaville
February 4, 1944 - Algiers, Algeria - Returns to Algiers
March 4, 1944 - Naples, Venafro, Italy - De Gaulle flies to Naples where he meets with Generals Alexander, Clark and Anders, then visits General Juin's command post in Venafro
March 5, 1944 - Venafro, Italy(?) - General de Gaulle inspects the two French divisions engaged on the Italian front and talks with General de Mosabert
March 6, 1944 - Algiers, Algeria - Returns to Algiers
April 12, 1944 - Oran, Algeria - De Gaulle inspects Army B in Oran
May 1, 1944 - Algiers, Algeria - Returns to Algiers
May 6, 1944 - Tunis, Tunisia - De Gaulle arrives in Tunis
May 8, 1944 - Algiers, Algeria - Returns to Algiers
May 17, 1944 - Espera | San Giorgio Pico | Garigliano, Italy - De Gaulle inspects the italian front (Espera, San Giorgio Pico et Garigliano)
June 3, 1944 - Algiers, Algeria - De Gaulle flies to Britain
June 4, 1944 - RAF Northolt | London - De Gaulle arrives at RAF Northolt. Meeting with Winston Churchill and General Eisenhower in London
June 13, 1944 - Portsmouth - De Gaulle embarks aboard the destroyer "La Combattante" for France
June 14, 1944 - Bayeux, France - De Gaulle lands near Courseulles and meets General Montgomery before reacheding Bayeux. He proclaims the city as the capital of Free France. Visits Isigny and Grandcamp. Returns to England on a french destroyer
June 15, 1944 - London - Returns to London
June 16, 1944 - Algiers, Algeria | Rome, Italy - Flies to Algiers, then to Rome to meet the Pope
June 17, 1944 - Algiers, Algeria - Returns to Algiers
June 27, 1944 - Naples, Italy - De Gaulle flies to Naples. He inspects the front and talks with Generals Juin, Wilson, Alexander and Clark
June 30, 1944 - Rome - De Gaulle is received by Pope Pius XII
July 5, 1944 - Algiers, Algeria - De Gaulle flies to the United States
July 6, 1944 - Washington D.C. - De Gaulle arrives in Washington and visits Roosevelt
July 10, 1944 - Washington D.C. | New York - Press conference in Washington. De Gaulle arrives in New York
July 11, 1944 - Québec | Ottawa, Canada - De Gaulle travels to Quebec, then to Ottawa, where he meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King
July 12, 1944 - Montreal, Canada - Speach in Montreal
July 13, 1944 - Algiers, Algeria - Returns to Algiers
August 1, 1944 - Cherchell, Algeria - Inspects the Military school of Cherchell
August 3, 1944 - Naples, Italy - De Gaulle flies to Naples and inspects the French forces for the landings in the South of France
August 18, 1944 - Algiers - De Gaulle flies to France, via Casablanca and Gibraltar
August 20, 1944 - Cherbourg | Coutances | Avranches | Rennes - De Gaulle arrives in France at the Maupertuis airfield. He meets General Eisenhower and delivers speeches in Cherbourg, Coutances, Avranches and Rennes
August 25, 1944 - Outside Paris - The french 2nd armoured division liberates Paris. General Leclerc receives the capitulation of General Von Choltitz
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August 30, 1944 - Paris - Eisenhower visits De Gaulle in Paris
September 10, 1944 - Paris - The Provisional Government of the French Republic is formed
September 14, 1944 - Lyon - Visit to Lyon
September 15, 1944 - Marseille | Toulon - Visits to Marseille and Toulon
September 16, 1944 - Toulouse - Visit to Toulouse
September 17, 1944 - Bordeaux - Speech in Bordeaux
September 18, 1944 - Orléans | Paris - Visit to Órleans. Returns to Paris
September 23, 1944 - Besançon | Dole - Visit to Besançon and Dole
September 24, 1944 - Rougemont - Visit to General Lattre de Tassigny's headquarters in Rougemont
September 25, 1944 - Nancy - Speech in Nancy
September 26, 1944 - Paris - Returns to Paris
October 8, 1944 - Rouen | Caen - Speeches in Rouen and Caen
October 9, 1944 - Paris - Returns to Paris
October 21, 1944 - Troyes | Chaumont | Luxeuil - Visit to Troyes, Chaumont and Luxeuil
October 22, 1944 - Remiremont (near Épinal) | Besançon - Inspects military units near Remiremont and stops in Besançon
October 23, 1944 - Dijon | Paris - Speech in Dijon. Returns to Paris
October 30, 1944 - Paris - De Gaulle invites Roosevelt and Churchill to meet him in Paris
November 4, 1944 - Lyon | Annecy - Speeches in Lyon, Ambérieu, Seyssel and Annecy
November 5, 1944 - Grenoble - Speeches in Ugine, Albertville, Chambéry, Thônes and Grenoble
November 6, 1944 - Paris - Returns to Paris
November 10, 1944 - Paris - Churchill flies to Paris to a reception by De Gaulle
November 11, 1944 - Paris - Churchill is guest of honor on the Armistice Day parade through the Arc de Triomphe
November 13, 1944 - Lorraine - De Gaulle inspects the Lorraine front with Winston Churchill
November 24, 1944 - Paris - De Gaulle departs for the Soviet Union
November 25, 1944 - Cairo, Egypt - De Gaulle arrives in Cairo and is received by King Farouk
November 26, 1944 - Teheran, Iran - De Gaulle arrives in Teheran and is received by the Shah of Iran
November 27, 1944 - Baku, Azerbaijan, Soviet Union - De Gaulle arrives in Baku
November 28, 1944 - Stalingrad - De Gaulle visits the battlefield of Stalingrad
December 1, 1944 - Moscow, Soviet Union - De Gaulle arrives in Moscow
December 2, 1944 - Moscow - Meeting with Stalin in Moscow
December 4, 1944 - Moscow - A reception is given in honor of the French delegation by Foreign Minister Molotov
December 6, 1944 - Moscow - Meeting with Stalin and Molotov in Moscow
December 8, 1944 - Moscow - Meeting with Stalin in Moscow
December 10, 1944 - Moscow - Meeting with Stalin in Moscow
December 11, 1944 - Moscow - Departs for France
December 13, 1944 - Baku, Azerbaijan, Soviet Union - Returns to Baku
December 14, 1944 - Cairo, Egypt - Returns to Cairo
December 15, 1944 - Tunis, Tunisia - Arrives in Tunis, Tunisia
December 16, 1944 - Paris - De Gaulle returns to Paris
December 19, 1944 - Paris - At De Gaulle's request, the newspaper "Le Monde" is founded
December 24, 1944 - Strasbourg | Erstein, France - Inspects the 1st army in Strasbourg and the 2nd armoured division in Erstein
December 25, 1944 - Mulhouse - Inspects the moroccan 2nd division at Thann, the 1st armoured division at Altkirch and the Magnan division Magnan in Mulhouse
January 3, 1945 - Paris - De Gaulle talks with Eisenhower and Churchill on the defense of Alsace
January 13, 1945 - Nantes | Angers - Visit to Nantes and Angers (until January 15th)
January 22, 1945 - Paris - Speech at the Sorbonne on the occasion of the solemn reopening of the University of Paris
January 27, 1945 - Suburbs of Paris - Visits the towns of the Paris suburbs. Speeches in Boulogne-Billancourt, Montrouge, Sceaux, Ivry, Saint-Maur and Nogent-sur-Marne
January 28, 1945 - Suburbs of Paris - Visits the towns of the Paris suburbs. Speeches at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Asnières, Saint-Denis, Aubervilliers, Noisy-le-Sec, Montreuil-sous-Bois and Vincennes
February 11, 1945 - Strasbourg | Mulhouse | Colmar | Metz - Visit to Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Colmar and Metz
March 4, 1945 - Limoges - Speech in Limoges
March 5, 1945 - Périgueux - Speech at Périgueux
April 2, 1945 - Paris - Speech in Paris
April 6, 1945 - Speyer, Germany - De Gaulle inspects the 1st Army in Rhineland and crosses the Rhine at Speyer to go to Karlsruhe
April 8, 1945 - Valence | Grenoble - Visit to Valence, then to Grenoble where he inspects the 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade
April 9, 1945 - Nice - Speech in Nice
April 21, 1945 - Cognac - Visit to Cognac
April 22, 1945 - Royan - Visit to Royan
May 7, 1945 - While in Paris(?) - General Jodl signs the capitulation of all german armed forces in Reims
May 8, 1945 - Orléans | Strasbourg - Speech in Orléans. De Gaulle flies to Strasbourg
May 19, 1945 - Stuttgart | Konstanz | Augsburg, Germany - Inspection trip to Germany - Stuttgart, Konstanz and Augsburg (until May 20th)
May 25, 1945 - Paris - Lunch in honor of Marshal Montgomery at the Ministry of War
May 28, 1945 - Paris - De Gaulle decorates General Eisenhower with the "Croix de la Libération"
May 31, 1945 - While in Paris - Churchill tells De Gaulle ""immediately to order French troops to cease fire and withdraw (from Damascus) to their barracks"
June 2, 1945 - Paris - De Gaulle holds a press conference in Paris on the disorders in Syria
June 7, 1945 - Paris - De Gaulle sends President Truman a message of protest about the presence of American troops in a border region of Italy conquered by French troops, and the British intrigues in Syria
June 10, 1945 - Saint-Lô | Coutances | Alençon - Speeches in Saint-Lô, Coutances and Alençon
June 14, 1945 - Paris - Offers a dinner in honor of Eisenhower
June 18, 1945 - Paris - De Gaulle attends the parade of the French army in the presence of the Sultan of Morocco
June 30, 1945 - Clermont-Ferrand | Issoire | Aurillac - Two-day voyage to Clermont-Ferrand, Issoire and Aurillac in company of the Sultan of Morocco
July 11, 1945 - Paris - Speech at the Sorbonne
July 14, 1945 - Vincennes - Reviews the 1st Army in Vincennes in the company of the Bey of Tunis
July 21, 1945 - Brest - Speech in Brest
July 22, 1945 - Quimper | Vannes | Lorient - Visit to Quimper, Vannes and Lorient
July 23, 1945 - Saint-Nazaire | La Rochelle - Speeches in Saint-Nazaire and La Rochelle
August 11, 1945 - Beauvais | Amiens | Béthunes - Visits Beauvais, Amiens and Béthunes
August 12, 1945 - Dunkirk | Calais | Boulogne - Speeches in Dunkirk, Calais and Boulogne
August 13, 1945 - Paris - Returns to Paris
August 21, 1945 - Paris - Departs for the United States
August 22, 1945 - Washington D.C. - De Gaulle arrives in Washington and meets with President Truman
August 25, 1945 - Washington D.C. - Meeting with President Truman in Washington
August 26, 1945 - New York City - De Gaulle arrives in New York
August 27, 1945 - Chicago | Ottawa, Canada - Visits Chicago and Ottawa
August 29, 1945 - Ottawa, Canada - Meeting with Canadian Prime-Minister MacKenzie King in Ottawa
August 30, 1945 - Paris - De Gaulle returns to France
September 2, 1945 - While in Paris - General Leclerc signs, on behalf of the French government, the act of Japanese surrender aboard the battleship "USS Missouri" in Yokohama harbor
September 24, 1945 - Chelles - Inspects the 1st Free French Division at Chelles
September 25, 1945 - Nancy - Inspects the 2nd Armoured Division in Nancy
October 3, 1945 - Saarbrücken | Trier | Koblenz, Germany - Visit to Saarbrücken, Trier and Koblenz in Germany
October 4, 1945 - Mainz | Neustadt | Freiburg - Visit to Mainz, Neustadt and Freiburg in Germany
October 5, 1945 - Baden-Baden | Strasbourg - Visit to Baden-Baden. De Gaulle returns to Strasbourg and delivers a speech there
October 10, 1945 - Brussels, Belgium - Received by the belgian government in Brussels
October 11, 1945 - Brussels - De Gaulle receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Brussels
October 12, 1945 - Paris - Returns to Paris
October 21, 1945 - Paris - Referendum and election of the Constituent National Assembly
November 5, 1945 - Annecy - Speech in Annecy
November 6, 1945 - Chambéry | Grenoble - Speeches in Chambéry and Grenoble
November 13, 1945 - Paris - The new assembly unanimously elects Charles De Gaulle head of government
December 2, 1945 - Paris - Nationalization of the Banque de France and the major deposit banks
January 7, 1946 - Sous-le-Vent, Cap d'Antibes - Spends a week at Cap d'Antibes
January 20, 1946 - Paris - De Gaulle resigns abruptly
January 23, 1946 - Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - Receives General Leclerc at Colombey-les-deux-Eglises
January 26, 1946 - While in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - Government formation by Félix Gouin
January 31, 1946 - While in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - Vincent Auriol is elected president of the National Constituent Assembly
April 7, 1946 - Marly - De Gaulle receives his close family in Marly on the occasion of his silver wedding anniversary
May 5, 1946 - While in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises(?) - The draft constitution presented by the Constituent Assembly is rejected by referendum
May 12, 1946 - Mouilleron-en-Pareds, Vendée - Speech in front of the tomb of Georges Clemenceau, at Mouilleron-en-Pareds
May 29, 1946 - Geneva, Switzerland - Attends the wedding of his niece Geneviève de Gaulle
May 30, 1946 - Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - Moves to La Boisserie
June 2, 1946 - While in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - Election of the second National Constituent Assembly
June 12, 1946 - While in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - Félix Gouin resigns
June 14, 1946 - While in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - Vincent Auriol is elected president of the National Constituent Assembly
June 16, 1946 - Bayeux - Presides over the celebrations organized for the second anniversary of the liberation of Bayeux
June 18, 1946 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
June 19, 1946 - Paris - Formation of the government by Georges Bidault
July 28, 1946 - Robert-Espagne | Bar-le-Duc, Lorraine - Trip to Lorraine. De Gaulle visits Robert-Espagne (Meuse) to pay homage to the municipalities of the Saulx valley burnt down by German troops, and delivers a speech in Bar-le-Duc (Meuse) stressing the need for the division of Germany and for a Franco-British alliance
August 27, 1946 - Brest - Arrives for a two-day stay in Brest
August 29, 1946 - Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - Returns to Colombey-les-deux-Eglises
October 13, 1946 - While in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - Referendum on the draft constitution: the draft is adopted by 53.25% of the votes
November 10, 1946 - While in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - Legislative elections
November 28, 1946 - While in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - Resignation from the government of Georges Bidault
December 16, 1946 - While in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - Vincent Auriol is elected president of the National Constituent Assembly
January 16, 1947 - While in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - Vincent Auriol is elected president of France
March 31, 1947 - Upper Normandy (Haute-Normandie) - Trip to Upper Normandy (Haute-Normandie). Visits to Saint-Adresse, Criquetot, Etretat and Bruneval
April 6, 1947 - Strasbourg - Speech in Strasbourg for the inauguration of a monument to the american soldiers
April 14, 1947 - Strasbourg - Creates the "Rassemblement du Peuple Français" (Rally of the French People)
April 24, 1947 - Paris - Press Conference in Paris
May 15, 1947 - Bordeaux - First speech as President of the "Rassemblement du Peuple français"
June 18, 1947 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
June 20, 1947 - Lille - Speech in Lille
July 9, 1947 - Paris - Speech in Paris
July 25, 1947 - Plestan, Morbihan - Visit to Plestan (Morbihan)
July 26, 1947 - Vannes, Morbihan - Visit to Vannes (Morbihan)
July 27, 1947 - Saint-Marcel | Rennes - Speeches in Saint-Marcel (Morbihan) Rennes
August 10, 1947 - Laval | Alençon - Visit to Laval. Speech in Alençon
September 6, 1947 - Toulouse - Visit to Toulouse
September 7, 1947 - Pau | Bayonne | Dax - Visits Pau, Bayonne and Dax
September 8, 1947 - Ascain | Saint-Jean-de-Luz | Biarritz - Continues his tour of Southwestern France, visiting Ascain, Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Biarritz
September 20, 1947 - Lyon - Speech in Lyon
September 21, 1947 - Autun - Speech in Autun
October 5, 1947 - Vincennes - De Gaulle delivers a speech at the Hippodrome de Vincennes in front of nearly a million people
October 12, 1947 - Alger, Algiers - Arrives in Algiers to campaign for the municipal elections of October 26
October 26, 1947 - Paris - Municipal elections. The Rally of the French People obtains 40% of the votes, the town hall of the thirteen largest cities and the absolute majority in the Paris City Council
November 12, 1947 - Paris - Press conference in Paris
November 19, 1947 - Paris - Paul Ramadier's government resigns
November 22, 1947 - Paris - Robert Schuman forms a new Government
December 6, 1947 - Paris - Receives Foster Dulles, the american Secretary of State
December 30, 1947 - Poncin (Ain) - Attends the wedding of his son Philippe with Henriette de Montalembert
January 4, 1948 - Saint-Étienne - Speech in Saint-Étienne
February 6, 1948 - Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - Anne de Gaulle dies of pneumonia, aged 20
February 29, 1948 - Reims - Visit to Reims
March 6, 1948 - Beauvais - Visit to Beauvais
March 7, 1948 - Compiègne - Speech in Compiègne
April 16, 1948 - Marseille - De Gaulle arrives in Marseille
April 18, 1948 - Marseille - Speech in Marseille
June 12, 1948 - Moulins - Visit to Moulins
June 13, 1948 - Nevers - Speech at Nevers
June 18, 1948 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
June 20, 1948 - Verdun - General de Gaulle delivers a speech in Verdun on the occasion of the commemoration of the Battle of Verdun.
July 19, 1948 - Paris - Robert Schuman's government resigns. De Gaulle chairs the first meeting in Paris of the National Council of the Rally of the French People
July 21, 1948 - Paris - André Marie forms a new government
July 23, 1948 - Angouleme | Cognac | La Rochelle | Luçon - Visits to Angoulème, Cognac, La Rochelle and Luçon
July 24, 1948 - Nantes - Visit to Nantes
July 25, 1948 - Angers - Visit to Angers
July 31, 1948 - Nancy | Altkirch | Metz - Visits to Nancy, Altkirch and Metz
August 1, 1948 - Thann | Colmar | Mulhouse - Visits to Thann, Colmar and Mulhouse
August 9, 1948 - Calais - Stays for a few days in Calais at his brother-in-law Jacques Vendroux's house
August 27, 1948 - Paris - André Marie's government resigns
August 31, 1948 - Paris - Speech in Paris
September 3, 1948 - Paris - Robert Schuman's government resigns. Henri Queuille forms a new government
September 10, 1948 - Orange | Avignon - Visits to Orange and Avignon
September 11, 1948 - Aix-en-Provence | Toulon | Hyères - Visit Apt, Aix-en-Provence, Toulon and Hyères.
September 12, 1948 - Cannes | Antibes | Nice - Visit to Cannes, Antibes and Nice
September 13, 1948 - Ajaccio, Corsica - Visit to Ajaccio
September 14, 1948 - Bastia, Corsica | Nice - Visits Bastia. Returns to Nice
September 16, 1948 - Briançon - Visits Briançon
September 17, 1948 - Grenoble - Visits Grenoble
September 19, 1948 - Chambéry | Annecy - Visits Chambéry and Annecy
September 30, 1948 - Levallois-Perret, Paris - Second session of the National Council of the Rally of the French People in Levallois-Perret
November 17, 1948 - Paris - Press conference in Paris
December 17, 1948 - Saint-Maur - Third session of the National Council of the Rally of the French People in Saint-Maur
February 11, 1949 - Lille - Speech in Lille
February 12, 1949 - Valenciennes - Speech in Valenciennes
March 29, 1949 - Paris - Press conference in Paris
April 4, 1949 - While in Paris - The Atlantic Pact is signed in Washington
May 1, 1949 - Paris - Speech in Paris
May 20, 1949 - Vincennes - Session of the National Council of the Rally of the French People in Vincennes
May 28, 1949 - Le Crotoy - Visit to Le Crotoy
June 12, 1949 - Quimper - Speech in Quimper
June 18, 1949 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
June 26, 1949 - Dijon - Speech in Dijon
July 3, 1949 - Tilly (Calvados) - Speech on the occasion of the inauguration of the monument erected in memory of General George S. Patton in Tilly (Calvados)
July 30, 1949 - Granville | Saint-Malo - Visits Granville and Saint-Malo
September 25, 1949 - Bordeaux - Speech in Bordeaux
September 27, 1949 - Montepellier | Nîmes - Visits Montpellier and Nîmes
September 30, 1949 - Versailles - Second session of the National Council of the Rally of the French People in Versailles
October 6, 1949 - Paris - Resignation from the government of Henri Queuille
October 11, 1949 - Paris - Formation of government by Jules Moch
October 17, 1949 - Paris - Resignation from the government of Jules Moch
October 23, 1949 - Angers - Visits Angers
October 24, 1949 - Nantes | Tours | Blois - Visits Nantes, Tours and Blois
October 27, 1949 - Paris - Formation of government by Georges Bidault
November 14, 1949 - Paris - Press conference in Paris
December 5, 1949 - Soissons - Visits Soissons
January 13, 1950 - Meaux | Melun - Visits Meaux and Melun
January 29, 1950 - Dijon - Visits Dijon
February 4, 1950 - Calais - Visits Calais
February 5, 1950 - Hazebrouck - Visits Hazebrouck
February 10, 1950 - Saint-Mandé, Paris - First 1950 session of the National Council of the Rally of the French People in Saint-Mandé
February 18, 1950 - Rochefort | Niort - Visits Rochefort and Niort
February 19, 1950 - Limoges - Visits Limoges
February 25, 1950 - Carcassonne - Visits Carcassonne
March 16, 1950 - Paris - Press conference in Paris
March 19, 1950 - Lyon - Visits Lyon
March 23, 1950 - Nice - Visits Nice
March 26, 1950 - Marseille | Nyons - Visits Marseille and Nyons
April 11, 1950 - Lille - Speech in Lille
April 16, 1950 - Bordeaux-Mérignac - Visits Bordeaux-Mérignac
May 5, 1950 - Chambéry - Visits Chambéry
May 6, 1950 - Annecy - Visits Annecy
May 20, 1950 - Epinal | Metz - Visits Epinal and Metz
May 21, 1950 - Rouffach | Strasbourg - Visits Rouffach and Strasbourg
June 8, 1950 - Villers-Bocage - De Gaulle visits Villers-Bocage, site of a famous WW2 tank battle
June 10, 1950 - Vannes - Visits Vannes
June 11, 1950 - Rennes - Visits Rennes
June 18, 1950 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
June 23, 1950 - Paris - Third national meeting of the Rally of the French People in Paris
June 24, 1950 - Paris - Resignation from the government of Georges Bidault
June 30, 1950 - Paris - Formation of the government by Henri Queuille
July 4, 1950 - Paris - Resignation from the government of d'Henri Queuille
July 8, 1950 - Paris - Formation of the government by René Pleven
July 10, 1950 - Colombey-les-deux-Eglises - Interview to Mr. Bradford, vice-president of the United Press Agency in Colombey-les-deux-Eglises on the situation in Korea
October 20, 1950 - Colombes - Second national conference of executives of the Rally of the French People in Colombes
January 7, 1951 - Nîmes - Speech in Nîmes
January 8, 1951 - Perpignan - Visits Perpignan
February 14, 1951 - Chartres - Visits Chartres
February 25, 1951 - Bourges - Speech in Bourges
February 28, 1951 - Paris - Resignation from the government of René Pleven
March 9, 1951 - While in Saint-Mandé, Paris - Formation of the government by Henri Queuille
April 15, 1951 - Reims - Speech in Reims
April 16, 1951 - Charleville - Visits Charleville
May 6, 1951 - Toulouse - Speech against Communism in Toulouse
May 20, 1951 - Nantes - Visits Nantes
May 26, 1951 - Oran, Algeria - Speech in Oran, Algeria
May 27, 1951 - Algiers, Algeria - Speech in Algiers
May 28, 1951 - Bastia | Ajaccio, Corsica - Visits Bastia. Speech in Ajaccio
May 29, 1951 - Marseille - Arrives in Marseille
May 30, 1951 - Montpellier - Visits Montpellier
June 2, 1951 - Saint-Etienne | Lyon | Grenoble - Visits Saint-Etienne, Lyon and Grenoble
June 3, 1951 - Clermont-Ferrand - Visits Clermont-Ferrand
June 4, 1951 - Tours | Orléans - Visits Tours and Orléans
June 5, 1951 - Melun - Visit to Melun
June 7, 1951 - Amiens | Arras - Visits to Amiens and Arras
June 9, 1951 - Rennes | Vannes | Saint-Brieuc - Visits Rennes, Vannes and Saint-Brieuc
June 10, 1951 - Coutances | Caen | Rouen - Visits Coutances, Caen and Rouen
June 11, 1951 - Charleville - Visit to Charleville
June 12, 1951 - Lille - Visit to Lille
June 13, 1951 - Chaumont - Visit to Chaumont
June 14, 1951 - Besançon | Dijon - Visits Besançon and Dijon
June 15, 1951 - Nancy | Metz - Visit to Nancy and Metz
June 16, 1951 - Strasbourg - Visits Strasbourg
June 17, 1951 - Paris - Legislative elections - The Rally of the French People wins 21.7% of the votes
June 18, 1951 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
July 10, 1951 - Paris - Resignation from the government of Henri Queuille
August 8, 1951 - Paris - Formation of the government of René Pleven
September 1, 1951 - Calais - De Gaulle arrives in Calais to stay at his brother-in-law Jacques Vendroux's house
September 23, 1951 - Cherbourg - Visit to Cherbourg
October 24, 1951 - Morocco - Private voyage to Morroco (until October 28th)
October 30, 1951 - Saint-Malo - Visits Saint-Malo
November 2, 1951 - Saint-Mandé, Paris - Second session of the National Council of the Rally of the French People in Saint-Mandé
November 23, 1951 - Nancy - Fourth national meeting of the Rally of the French People in Nancy
December 21, 1951 - Paris - Press conference in Paris - De Gaulle rejects the European Defense Community project
January 7, 1952 - Paris - Resignation from the government of René Pleven
January 15, 1952 - Paris - Government formation by Edgar Faure
January 22, 1952 - Châteaudun - Visits Châteaudun
January 27, 1952 - Lille - Attends the Departmental Congress of the Rally of the French People in Lille
February 29, 1952 - Paris - Resignation from the government of Edgar Faure
March 4, 1952 - Paris - Government formation by Antoine Pinay
March 27, 1952 - Lyon - Visits Lyon
March 28, 1952 - Nice - Visits Nice
March 29, 1952 - Toulon - Visits Toulon
March 30, 1952 - Marseille - Visits Marseille
April 1, 1952 - Perpignan | Carcassone - Visits to Perpignan and Carcassonne
May 23, 1952 - Montauban - Visits Montauban
May 24, 1952 - Toulouse - De Gaulle returns to Toulouse
May 26, 1952 - Pau | Mont-de-Marsan - Visits to Pau and Pont-de-Marsan
May 27, 1952 - Paris - Signature in Paris of the treaty establishing a European Defense Community
June 6, 1952 - Paris - De Gaulle rises against the European Defense Community Treaty, which subordinates the armies of European countries to American authority
June 14, 1952 - Bayeux - Speech in Bayeux
June 18, 1952 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
July 4, 1952 - Saint-Maur - Extraordinary session of the Enlarged National Council of the Rally of the French People in Saint-Maur
October 10, 1952 - Neully - Second session of the National Council of the Rally of the French People in Neuilly
December 23, 1952 - Paris - Resignation from the government of Antoine Pinay
December 27, 1952 - Paris - General de Gaulle is operated on cataracts
December 31, 1952 - Paris - Government formation by René Mayer
February 16, 1953 - Paris(?) - De Gaulle makes a statement about the guilt of the Waffen-SS for the massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane on June 10, 1944
February 25, 1953 - Paris - De Gaulle criticizes the European Defense Community project
February 27, 1953 - Levallois-Perret, Paris - Last session of the National Council of the Rally of the French People in Levallois-Perret
March 5, 1953 - Dakar, Senegal - De Gaulle flies to Dakar, Senegal
March 7, 1953 - Bamako, Mali - De Gaulle arrives in Bamako, Mali
March 9, 1953 - Conakry, Guinea - Arrives in Conakry
March 10, 1953 - Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Arrives in Abidjan
March 11, 1953 - Lomé, Togo | Porto-Novo, Dahomey (Benin) - De Gaulle visits Lomé and Porto-Novo
March 12, 1953 - Ouagadougou, Upper Volta | Niamey, Niger - De Gaulle visits Ouagadougou and Niamey
March 13, 1953 - Fort-Lamy, Chad - Arrives in Fort-Lamy
March 16, 1953 - Fort-Archambault, Chad - Arrives in Fort-Archambault
March 17, 1953 - Bangui, Cental African Republic - Arrives in Bangui
March 19, 1953 - Brazzaville, Congo - Arrives in Brazzaville
March 21, 1953 - Léopoldville, Congo - Arrives in Léopoldville
March 22, 1953 - Brazzaville, Congo - Speech in Brazzaville
March 23, 1953 - Pointe-Noire, Congo - Arrives in Pointe-Noire
March 24, 1953 - Port-Gentil | Libreville, Gabon - Visits Port-Gentil and Libreville in Gabon
March 25, 1953 - Douala, Cameroon - Arrives in Douala
March 26, 1953 - Tunis, Tunisia - Arrives in Tunis
March 29, 1953 - Gabès, Tunisia - Visits Gabès, Tunisia
March 30, 1953 - Bizerte, Tunisia | Paris - Visits Bizerte and flies back to Paris
May 3, 1953 - Paris - Municipal elections: the Rally of the French People obtains only 10.6% of the votes
May 6, 1953 - Paris - De Gaulle declares that the Rally of the French People will no longer participate in the activities of the National Assembly or in the elections
May 21, 1953 - Paris - Resignation from the government of René Mayer
May 26, 1953 - Paris - The majority of the former elected representatives of the Rally of the French People regroup in the Republican Union of Social Action (URAS) under the chairmanship of Jacques Chaban-Delmas
June 7, 1953 - Saint-Malo - De Gaulle inaugurates a monument to the dead of the Resistance in Saint-Malo
June 18, 1953 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
June 24, 1953 - Paris - Formation of the government by Joseph Laniel
October 4, 1953 - Tunis, Tunisia - De Gaulle flies to Tunis
October 5, 1953 - Fort-Lamy, Chad | Brazzaville, Congo - Visits to Fort-Lamy and Brazzaville
October 6, 1953 - Antananarivo, Madagascar - Arrives in Antananarivo, Madagascar
October 8, 1953 - Saint-Denis, Réunion Island - De Gaulle arrives in Saint-Denis, Réunion Island
October 10, 1953 - Antananarivo, Madagascar - Returns to Antananarivo, Madagascar
October 11, 1953 - Mahajanga, N. of Madagascar - Visits Mahajanga
October 12, 1953 - Comoros Islands - De Gaulle visits the Comoros Islands
October 13, 1953 - Diego-Suarez (Antsiranana), Madagascar - Returns to Madagascar and visits Diego-Suarez in the northern tip
October 14, 1953 - Tamatave (Toamasina), NE Madagascar - Visits Tamatave
October 15, 1953 - Fort-Dauphin (Taolagnaro), Southeastern tip of Madagascar - Visits Fort-Dauphin
October 16, 1953 - Toliara, SW Madagascar - Visits Toliara
October 17, 1953 - Fianarantsoa, Central Madagascar - Visits Fianarantsoa
October 18, 1953 - Antsirabé, Central Madagascar - Visits Antsirabé
October 19, 1953 - Djibouti - Flies from Antananarivo to Djibouti
October 20, 1953 - Adis Ababa, Ethiopia - Arrives in Addis-Ababa
October 22, 1953 - Paris - Returns to Paris
November 12, 1953 - Paris - Press conference in Paris: De Gaulle opposes the rearmament of Germany
December 23, 1953 - Paris - René Coty is elected President of France
May 7, 1954 - Paris - Fall of the French entrenched camp of Dien-Bien-Phu
May 9, 1954 - Paris - De Gaulle goes to the "Arc de Triomphe" after the fall of Dien-Bien-Phu. He asks his followers to surround him in "the recollection of silence"
May 12, 1954 - Paris - Resignation from the government of Jules Laniel
May 14, 1954 - Paris - Formation of the government by Pierre Mendès France
June 18, 1954 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
July 12, 1954 - While in Paris(?) - Closure of the Geneva conference which puts an end to the Indochina war. France undertakes to respect "the independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam"
August 26, 1954 - Paris - De Gaulle criticizes again the project for a European Defense Community which is to be debated in the Assembly on August 28
October 22, 1954 - Paris - The Librairie Plon publishes the first volume of General de Gaulle's "Mémoires de guerre"
November 1, 1954 - While in Paris - Outbreak of armed rebellion in Algeria
February 6, 1955 - Paris - Fall of the government of Pierre Mendès France
February 9, 1955 - While in Paris - De Gaulle's brother Xavier dies in Bordeaux
February 24, 1955 - Paris - Formation of government by Edgar Faure
April 28, 1955 - Paris - Meeting with Edgar Faure
June 18, 1955 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
November 29, 1955 - Paris - Resignation of the government of Edgar Faure
November 30, 1955 - Paris - The Council of Ministers decides on the dissolution of the Assembly
January 2, 1956 - Paris - Legislative elections: Social Republicans obtain 4.4% of the votes
January 18, 1956 - Ardèche Region (Between Lyon and Nimes) - De Gaulle and his wife make an excursion to the Ardèche Region with Jacques Vendroux and his wife
January 29, 1956 - Paris - Formation of government by Guy Mollet
January 31(?), 1956 - Brignoles, near Marseille - Private trip to the "Abbey de la Celle" at Brignoles, near Marseille
March 2, 1956 - While in Paris - Morocco gains independence
March 20, 1956 - While in Paris - Tunisia gains independence
June 8, 1956 - Paris - The Librairie Plon publishes the second volume of General de Gaulle's "Mémoires de guerre"
June 18, 1956 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
August 2, 1956 - Coëtquidan, Morbihan, Britanny - De Gaulle visits the Special Military School of Saint-Cyr-Coëtquidan
August 8, 1956 - Dakar, Senegal | Natal, Brazil - De Gaulle flies to Dakar and then to Natal, Brazil
August 9, 1956 - Cayenne, French Guyana - De Gaulle arrives in Cayenne, French Guyana
August 10, 1956 - Pointe-à-Pitre | Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe - De Gaulle arrives at Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Speech at Basse-Terre
August 12, 1956 - Marie-Galante Island - Visits Marie-Galante Island
August 13, 1956 - Martinique - Arrives in Martinique
August 14, 1956 - Martinique - De Gaulle boards "Le Calédonien"
August 29, 1956 - Papeete, Tahiti - De Gaulle arrives in Papeete, Tahiti
August 31, 1956 - Leeward Islands, French Polynesia - De Gaulle visits the Leeward Islands (îles Sous-le-Vent)
September 1, 1956 - Leeward Islands - De Gaulle continues his voyage on board "Le Calédonien"
September 8, 1956 - Port-Vila, New Hebrides - Stops at Port-Vila, New Hebrides
September 9, 1956 - Nouméa, New Caledonia - Arrives in Nouméa, New Caledonia
September 15, 1956 - Darwin, Australia - Stopovers in Darwin (Australia) and Cocos Island
September 16, 1956 - Colombo, Ceylon - De Gaulle arrives in Colombo, Ceylon
September 17, 1956 - Djibouti - Stopover in Djibouti
September 18, 1956 - Fort-Lamy, Chad | Ajaccio | Paris - Stopovers in Fort-Lamy and Ajaccio. De Gaulle reaches Paris on the same day
October 31, 1956 - While in Paris - Franco-British intervention in Suez
February 8, 1957 - Bordeaux - National Congress of Social Republicans in Bordeaux
March 10, 1957 - Colomb-Béchar, Western Algeria - Trip to the Sahara Desert. De Gaulle arrives at Colomb-Béchar, western Algeria
March 11, 1957 - Hammaguir, Western Algeria - Visit to Hammaguir
March 12, 1957 - Kénadsa | Colomb-Béchar, Western Algeria - Visit to the Kénadsa mines. De Gaulle returns to Colomb-Béchar
March 13, 1957 - Tindouf (western tip of Algeria) | Atar, Mauritania - Visits Tindouf and Atar
March 14, 1957 - Fort-Gouraud, Mauritania | Tamanrasset, Southern Algeria - Visits Fort-Gouraud and Tamanrasset
March 15, 1957 - Assekrem, Southern Algeria - De Gaulle arrives at Assekrem
March 16, 1957 - Tamanrasset | Ouargla, Algeria - Returns to Tamanrasset and visits Ouargla
March 17, 1957 - Hassi-Messaoud | Ghardaïa, Algeria - Visits Hassi-Messaoud and Ghardaïa
March 18, 1957 - Paris - Returns to Paris
March 25, 1957 - While in Paris - Signature in Rome of the Common Market and Euratom Treaties
May 21, 1957 - Paris - Resignation of Guy Mollet's government
June 11, 1957 - Paris - Formation of the government by Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury
June 18, 1957 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
September 30, 1957 - Paris - Resignation of Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury's government
October 18, 1957 - Calais - Three-day stay in Calais
October 21, 1957 - Brittany (Vannes, Brest, Mount St.Michel) - Family trip to Brittany
October 26, 1957 - Paris - Returns to Paris
November 4, 1957 - Paris - Formation of government by Félix Gaillard
April 15, 1958 - Paris - Resignation of Félix Gaillard's government
April 17, 1958 - Paris - An appeal is launched asking for the return of General de Gaulle to the government
May 12, 1958 - Paris - Formation of government by Pierre Pflimlin
May 19, 1958 - Paris - Press Conference - De Gaulle asserts again that he was at the disposal of the country
May 26, 1958 - Saint-Cloud - Meeting with the President of the Council, Pierre Pflimlin
May 28, 1958 - Paris - Resignation of Pierre Pflimlin's government
May 29, 1958 - Paris - Meeting with President René Coty at the "Palais de l'Elysée"
June 1, 1958 - Paris - De Gaulle becomes Prime-Minister
June 3, 1958 - Algiers, Algeria - Flies to Algiers
June 5, 1958 - Constantine | Annaba, Algeria - Speeches in Constantine and Annaba
June 6, 1958 - Algiers | Oran, Algeria - Speeches in Algiers and Oran
June 16, 1958 - Paris - Meeting with Paul-Henri Spaak, Secretary-general of NATO
June 18, 1958 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
July 1, 1958 - Constantine, Algeria - De Gaulle flies to Constantine, Algeria
July 2, 1958 - Tizi-Ouzou | Taqa | Larbaâ Nath Irathen, Algeria - Visits Tizi-Ouzou, Taqa and Larbaâ Nath Irathen, Algeria
July 3, 1958 - Algiers, Algeria - Speech in Algiers
July 5, 1958 - Paris - Meeting with John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State
July 8, 1958 - Paris - Meeting with German Defense Minister Franz-Josef Strauss
July 14, 1958 - Toulon - De Gaulle reviews the fleet at Toulon
July 27, 1958 - Calais - Stay in Calais with his brother-in-law Jacques Vendroux
August 2, 1958 - Marcoule, near Orange - De Gaulle visits the Nuclear Center of Marcoule
August 5, 1958 - Paris - Meeting with Golda Meir, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs
August 20, 1958 - Paris - Flies to Africa
August 21, 1958 - Fort-Lamy, Chad - Stopover in Fort-Lamy, Chad
August 22, 1958 - Antananarivo, Madagascar - De Gaulle arrives in Madagascar. Speech in Antananarivo
August 23, 1958 - Brazzaville, Congo - De Gaulle arrives in Brazzaville
August 24, 1958 - Brazzaville | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | Conakry, Guinea - Speech in Brazzaville. De Gaulle flies to Abidjan, then to Conakry
August 26, 1958 - Dakar, Senegal - Speech in Dakar, Senegal
August 27, 1958 - Algiers, Algeria - Flies to Algiers, Algeria
August 29, 1958 - Paris - Returns to Paris
September 14, 1958 - Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, France - Meeting with Konrad Adenauer at Colombey-les-Deux-Églises
September 20, 1958 - Rennes | Bordeaux - Speeches in Rennes and Bordeaux
September 21, 1958 - Strasbourg | Lille - Speeches in Strasbourg and Lille
September 28, 1958 - Paris - 82,6% of the people vote on a referendum for the new constitution and the creation of the Fifth Republic
October 3, 1958 - Constantine, Algeria - Speech in Constantine, Algeria
October 4, 1958 - Ajaccio | Bastia, Corsica | Marseille - Speeches in Ajaccio, Bastia and Marseille
October 5, 1958 - Lyon - Speech in Lyon
November 6, 1958 - Paris - De Gaulle decorates Winston Churchill with the Croix of Libertation
November 7, 1958 - While in Paris - US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles rejects General de Gaulle's proposals to reorganize NATO
November 8, 1958 - Nîmes - De Gaulle visits Nîmes after the Gard department is affected by floods
November 22, 1958 - Paris - Meeting with Paul-Henri Spaak, Secretary-general of NATO
November 24, 1958 - While in Paris - Proclamation of the Republic of Mali
November 25, 1958 - While in Paris - Ploclamation of the Republic of Senegal
November 26, 1958 - Bad Kreuznach, Germany - Meeting with the Chancellor of Federal Germany, Konrad Adenauer
November 28, 1958 - While in Paris - Proclamation of the Republics of Congo, Chad, Gabon and Mauritania
November 30, 1958 - Paris - De Gaulle wins the November 1958 legislative elections
December 1, 1958 - While in Paris - Proclamation of the Central African Republic
December 3, 1958 - Télergma | Aïn-Abid | Annaba - Visits Télergma, Aïn-Abid and Annaba
December 4, 1958 - Ouenza | Tébessa | Hassi-Messaoud, Algeria - Visits Ouenza, Tébessa and Hassi-Messaoud
December 5, 1958 - Edjelé | Touggourt, Algeria - Visits Edjelé and Touggourt
December 6, 1958 - Algiers, Algeria - Arrives in Algiers
December 7, 1958 - Algiers - Speech in Algiers
December 9, 1958 - While in Paris - Proclamation of the Republics of Ivory Coast and Dahomey (future Benin)
December 11, 1958 - While in Paris - Proclamation of the Republic of Upper Volta
December 15, 1958 - While in Paris - End of negotiations within the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) on the definition of a European free trade area
December 19, 1958 - While in Paris - Proclamation of the Republic of Niger
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| (Foto: Jean-Marie Marcel) |
December 26, 1958 - Paris - Guy Molet, Minister of State presents his resignation to General de Gaulle who asks him to stay until January 8, 1959, the date of formation of the new government
January 1, 1959 - While in Paris - The Common Market is implemented
January 9, 1959 - Paris - Formation of government by Michel Debré
February 6, 1959 - Paris - Meeting with John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State
February 14, 1959 - Toulouse - Visit to the economic sector of Toulouse. Speech
February 15, 1959 - Foix | Perpignan - Speeches at Foix and Perpignan
February 16, 1959 - Auch | Tarbes - Speeches at Auch and Tarbes
February 17, 1959 - Pau - De Gaulle visits the airborne troops' training base in Pau where he attends parachuting exercises
February 28, 1959 - Paris - Meeting with Paul-Henri Spaak, Secretary-general of NATO
March 4, 1959 - Marly-le-Roi, W of Paris - De Gaulle meets with Konrad Adenauer in Marly-le-Roi
March 7, 1959 - Paris - De Gaulle withdraws the French Mediterranean fleet from NATO command
March 10, 1959 - Paris - Meeting with Harold McMillan, British Prime-Minister
April 16, 1959 - Sens | Auxerre | Nevers - Speeches in Sens, Auxerre and Nevers
April 17, 1959 - Montluçon | Vichy | Moulins - Visits Montluçon, Vichy and Moulins
April 18, 1959 - Châlon-sur-Saône | Autun | Dijon - Visits Châlon-sur-Saône, Autun and Dijon
April 19, 1959 - Longvic - Visits the French Airforce base of Longvic
April 22, 1959 - Paris - Meeting with General Vanier, Governor-General of Canada
April 25, 1959 - Paris - Meeting with Sir Anthony Eden, former british Prime-Minister
April 28, 1959 - Paris - Meeting with Christian A. Herter, US Secretary of State
May 3, 1959 - Colombes, Paris - Attends the final of the French football Cup at the Colombes stadium
May 7, 1959 - Bourges | Châteauroux - Speeches in Bourges and Châteauroux
May 8, 1959 - Orléans - De Gaulle attends mass for Joan of Arc at Orléans Cathedral and presides over the solemn procession in her homage
May 9, 1959 - Blois | Amboise | Tours | Paris - Speech in Blois. De Gaulle is received by Prime-Minister Michel Debré in Amboise. Arrives in Tours to deliver another speech, then returns to Paris
May 10, 1959 - Paris - De Gaulle presides over the ceremony commemorating the 1945 victory at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
May 26, 1959 - Paris - Meeting with the Shah of Iran, Mohammad reza Pahlavi
June 6, 1959 - Chermont-Ferrand - Visits Clermont-Ferrand and the Michelin factory there
June 10, 1959 - Paris - Meeting with Willy Brandt, Governing Mayor of West Berlin
June 13, 1959 - Le Bourget - Visit to the Le Bourget Air Show
June 18, 1959 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
June 19, 1959 - Paris - Meeting with Australian Prime-Minister, Robert G. Menzies
June 23, 1959 - Milan, Italy - Speech in Milan. De Gaulle is received by the italian President Giovanni Gronchi
June 24, 1959 - Brescia, Italy - Speech in Brescia
June 25, 1959 - Rome, Italy - Speech in Rome
June 26, 1959 - Rome, Italy - De Gaulle receives the President of Italy, Giovanni Gronchi at the Palazzo Farnese, seat of the French Embassy in Rome
June 27, 1959 - Vatican, Rome - De Gaulle is received by Pope John XXIII
July 3, 1959 - Djibouti - De Gaulle arrives in Djibouti
July 4, 1959 - Antananarivo, Madagascar - De Gaulle arrives in Antananarivo
July 5, 1959 - Tamatave (Toamasina) | Diego-Suarez (Antsiranana) - Visits to Toamasina and Antsiranana
July 6, 1959 - Tuléar, SW Madagascar | Ihosy - Visits Tuléar and Ihosy
July 7, 1959 - Antananarivo, Madagascar - Returns to Antananarivo, Madagascar
July 9, 1959 - Mahajanga, N. of Madagascar | Moroni, Comoros - De Gaulle arrives in Majunga, then flies to the Comoros Islands
July 10, 1959 - Saint-Denis, Réunion Island - Arrives in Saint-Denis, Réunion Island, and delivers a speech
July 14, 1959 - Paris - De Gaulle presides over the National Day ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe, then attends the military parade on the Champs-Elysées
July 16, 1959 - Paris - Meeting with General Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, former President of Argentina
July 21, 1959 - Rambouillet (Between Paris and Chartres) - Meeting with the Emperor of Ethiopia, Haïlé Sélassié, in the château of Rambouillet
July 31, 1959 - Paris - Meeting with Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary-General of the United Nations (ONU)
August 23, 1959 - Paris - Attends mass in Notre-Dame Cathedral in memory of Leclerc and the soldiers of 2nd Armoured Division
September 2, 1959 - Paris - Meeting with US President, Dwight D. Eisenhower
September 3, 1959 - Rambouillet - Meeting with US President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, in the château of Rambouillet
September 24, 1959 - Montreuil-sur Mer | Boulogne-sur-Mer | Calais | Saint-Omer | Arras - Speech in Montreuil-sur-Mer. Visits the port in Boulogne-sur-Mer. De Gaulle arrives in Calais where he is received by Jacques Vendroux. Speeches in Calais, then in Saint-Omer and Arras
September 25, 1959 - Lens | Béthune | Hazebrouck | Dunkirk - Speeches in Lens, Béthune, Hazebrouck and Dunkirk
September 26, 1959 - Douai | Cambrai | Valenciennes | Lille - Speeches in Douai, Cambrai and Valenciennes. Arrives in Lille
October 12, 1959 - Paris - Meeting with Prince Rainier III of Monaco
November 19, 1959 - Altkirch | Mulhouse - Visit to Altkirch and Mulhouse
November 23, 1959 - Strasbourg - Speech in Strasbourg: "Oui, c'est l'Europe, depuis l'Atlantique jusqu'à l'Oural, c'est toute l'Europe, qui décidera du destin du monde. ("Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, it is the whole of Europe, that will decide the destiny of the world.")
February 13, 1960 - While in Paris - France becomes the world's fourth nuclear power when a high-powered nuclear device is exploded in the Sahara some 700 miles south-south-west of Algiers
May 17, 1960 - Paris - De Gaulle hosts a superpower summit for arms limitation talks and détente efforts in the wake of the 1960 U-2 incident between United States President Dwight Eisenhower, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, and United Kingdom Prime Minister Harold Macmillan
June 18, 1960 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
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| De Gaulle and Kennedy, 1961 (John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, Boston) |
June 18, 1961 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
June 18, 1962 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
July 3, 1962 - Paris - France recognizes Algerian independence
August 22, 1962 - Petit-Clamart, Paris - De Gaulle and his wife survive an assassination attempt, when their Citroën is ambushed with machine gun fire
October 28, 1962 - Paris - De Gaulle's proposal to change the election procedure for the French presidency is approved by referendum
January 14, 1963 - Paris - Press conference addressing the issue of Franco-German cooperation and explaining its refusal to allow Great Britain to enter the Common Market
January 22, 1963 - Paris - Signature of the Franco-German treaty which provides for organic cooperation in the fields of defense, economy and culture as well as periodic consultations between the two governments
January 23, 1963 - Paris - Meeting with Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the German Federal Republic
February 7, 1963 - Vaujours - De Gaulle visits the Vaujours study center (Seine-et-Oise)
March 1, 1963 - While in Paris - Beginning of the miners' strike
March 3, 1963 - Paris - Publication in the Official Journal of the requisition order for miners
March 16, 1963 - La Haye - Private trip to La Haye
March 21, 1963 - Paris - Returns to Paris
March 26, 1963 - Paris - Meeting with Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico
March 31, 1963 - While in Paris - First measures of nationalization of French lands by the Algerian government
April 5, 1963 - While in Paris - End of the miners' strike
April 8, 1963 - Paris - Meeting with US Secretary of State, Dean Rusk
April 22, 1963 - Sedan | Charleville - Speeches in Sedan and Charleville
April 23, 1963 - Reims | Epernay | Châlons-sur-Marne - Speeches in Reims, Epernay and Châlons-sur-Marne
April 24, 1963 - Saint-Dizier | Colombey-les-deux-Èglises - Speech in Saint-Dizier. De Gaulle returns to Colombey-les-deux-Églises
April 27, 1963 - Troyes - Visit to Troyes
April 28, 1963 - Troyes | Paris - Speech in Troyes. De Gaulle returns to Paris
May 8, 1963 - Paris - De Gaulle presides over the ceremony commemorating the victory of 1945 at the Arc de Triomphe
May 14, 1963 - Paris - Meeting with Jean Lesage, Prime Minister of the province of Quebec
May 16, 1963 - Athens, Greece - De Gaulle arrives in Athens and is received by the King of Greece
May 19, 1963 - Thessaloniki, Greece | Paris - Attends a military parade in Thessaloniki. Flies to Paris
May 28, 1963 - Paris - Meeting with Gustav-Adolph VI, King of Sweden
June 11, 1963 - Paris - De Gaulle attends mass in memory of Pope John XXIII at the Notre-Dame Cathedral
June 12, 1963 - Cognac | Angoulême - Speeches in Cognac and Angoulême
June 13, 1963 - Royan | Rochefort | La Rochelle - Speeches in Royan, Rochefort and La Rochelle
June 14, 1963 - Niort - Speech in Niort
June 15, 1963 - Châtellerault | Poitiers - Speeches in Châtellerault and Poitiers
June 18, 1963 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
June 21, 1963 - Paris - France withdraws its Atlantic and Channel fleet from NATO
June 26, 1963 - Paris - Meeting with Hassan II, king of Morocco
June 27, 1963 - Versailles - De Gaulle gives a reception in Versailles in honor of Hassan II, King of Morocco
July 4, 1963 - Bonn, Germany - Meeting with Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the German Federal Republic
July 14, 1963 - Paris - De Gaulle presides over the national holiday ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe and attends the military parade on the Champs-Elysées
August 3, 1963 - While in Paris - The United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union sign the Moscow Treaty on the Ban on Nuclear Experiments, which France refuses to subscribe to
August 29, 1963 - Paris - De Gaulle speaks in favor of the independence of Vietnam and declares himself ready to cooperate with the whole country
September 10, 1963 - Paris - Meeting with King Hussein of Jordan
September 21, 1963 - Rambouillet (Between Paris and Chartres) - Meeting with Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the German Federal Republic
September 24, 1963 - Orange - De Gaulle visits the nuclear instalations at Orange
September 25, 1963 - Orange | Avignon - Speeches in Orange and Avignon
September 28, 1963 - Lyon - Speech in Lyon
September 29, 1963 - Lyon - Visits Lyon
October 1, 1963 - While in Paris - Exproriation of all European farmers in Algeria
October 11, 1963 - Dijon | Besançon - Inspects national maneuvers in Dijon and Besançon
October 16, 1963 - Tehran, Iran - De Gaulle flies to Tehran and is received at the airport by the Shah of Iran
October 18, 1963 - Shiraz | Persepolis | Isfahan - Visits the petrochemical plant of Shiraz. Visit to Persepolis and Isfahan
October 19, 1963 - Isfahan | Tehran, Iran - Visit to the Isfahan mosques. De Gaulle returns to Tehran and meets with the Shah
October 20, 1963 - Tehran | Paris, France - De Gaulle attends private Sunday mass at the French Embassy then lays the first stone of the Lycée Razi and visits the Imperial Academy before returning to Paris
October 28, 1963 - Paris - Meeting with Négus Haïlé Sélassié, Emperor of Ethiopia
November 11, 1963 - Paris - De Gaulle presides over the anniversary ceremonies of the 1918 armistice at the Arc de Triomphe
November 21, 1963 - Paris - Meeting Ludwig Erhard, Chancellor of the German Federal Republic
November 24, 1963 - Washington D.C. - De Gaulle arrives in Washington to attend President John F. Kennedy's funeral. Meets the new US President Lyndon B. Johnson
December 14, 1963 - Paris - Inaugurates the "Maison de la Radio" and delivers a speech
December 16, 1963 - Paris - Meeting with Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State
DexSignature of the Brussels agricultural agreements
January 15, 1963 - Paris - Meeting with Lester Pearson, Prime-Minister of Canada
January 17, 1963 - Paris - Meeting with Lester Pearson, Prime-Minister of Canada
January 27, 1964 - Paris - France and the People's Republic of China announce their intention to establish diplomatic relations with each other
February 10, 1964 - While in Paris - Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Republic of China (Formosa) breaks diplomatic relations between his country and France
February 14, 1964 - Paris - Meeting with Ludwig Erhard, Chancellor of the German Federal Republic
February 25, 1964 - While in Paris - The ministers of the Six decide on the merger of the three communities: ECSC (European Coal and Steel Community), EEC (European Economic Community) and Euratom (European Atomic Energy Community)
March 13, 1964 - Paris - Meeting with Ahmed Ben Bella, President of Algeria on the export to France of Algerian wines, the question of Saharan oil and gas and the repatriation of French troops
March 15, 1964 - Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe - De Gaulle lands at Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
March 16, 1964 - Mexico City, Mexico - De Gaulle arrives in Mexico City, via Mérida, Yucatán
March 20, 1964 - Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe - De Gaulle flies to Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
March 21, 1964 - Cayenne, French Guyana - Arrives in French Guyana. Speech in Cayenne
March 22, 1964 - Cayenne | Fort-de-France, Martinique - De Gaulle flies to Fort-de-France, Martinique
March 23, 1964 - Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe | Paris - Visits the training cruiser "Jeanne d'Arc" at harbour. Flies to Paris on the same day
April 17, 1964 - Paris - Hospitalized at Cochin Hospital (Paris) for a surgery
April 21, 1964 - While in Paris - Six European Industry Ministers adopt protocol on common energy policy
April 30, 1964 - Paris - Leaves hospital
May 8, 1964 - Paris - De Gaulle presides over the ceremony commemorating the victory of 1945 at the Arc de Triomphe
May 9, 1964 - Paris - Meeting with King Hussein of Jordan
May 13, 1964 - Paris - Cancellation of French financial aid to Tunisia its government nationalized all land belonging to foreigners
May 25, 1964 - Metz - De Gaulle travels to Metz to inaugurate the Moselle Canal with the Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg and Heinrich Lübke, President of the Federal Republic of Germany
May 26, 1964 - Trier, Germany - De Gaulle delivers a speech in Trier extolling Franco-German cooperation in Europe
May 31, 1964 - Paris - Attends the pontifical mass celebrated at Notre-Dame de Paris for the eighth centenary of the cathedral
June 12, 1964 - Saint-Quentin | Abbeville | Amiens - Speeches in Saint-Quentin, Abbeville and Amiens
June 13, 1964 - Amiens | Beauvais - Speeches in Amiens and Beauvais
June 14, 1964 - Compiègne | Paris - Speech in Compiègne. Returns to Paris
June 15, 1964 - Paris - The French army completes the evacuation of Algeria - less than 10,000 men remain in Mers el-Kébir and in the Sahara
June 18, 1964 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
June 29, 1964 - Paris - Meeting with Andreas Papandreou, greek Prime-Minister
July 3, 1964 - Bonn, Germany - Official trip to Bonn with nine of his ministers, to develop cooperation with Germany
July 14, 1964 - Paris - De Gaulle presides over the National Day ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe and attends the military parade on the Champs-Elysées
July 21, 1964 - Paris - Meeting with Sithu U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations
August 15, 1964 - Toulon - Speech in Toulon
September 3, 1964 - Paris - Meeting with Manlio Brosio, Secretary-General of NATO
September 6, 1964 - Reims - Speech in Reims
September 9, 1964 - Neully-Plaisance, Paris - Meets Éric Tabarly at the Plaisance International Navigation Salon
September 15, 1964 - While in Paris - Publication of "De Gaulle" by François Mauriac
September 20, 1964 - Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe - De Gaulle departs for South America, stopping at Pointe-à-Pitre
September 21, 1964 - Caracas, Venezuela - De Gaulle arrives in Caracas, Venezuela
September 22, 1964 - Bogotá, Colombia - De Gaulle arrives in Bogotá, Colombia and delivers a speech
September 24, 1964 - Quito, Ecuador- De Gaulle arrives in Ecuador. Speech in Quito
September 25, 1964 - Lima, Peru - De Gaulle arrives in Peru and delivers a speech in spanish
September 28, 1964 - Cochabamba, Bolivia - De Gaulle arrives in Bolivia
September 29, 1964 - Arica, Chile - At the port of Arica (Chile), De Gaulle embarks to Valparaíso aboard the french cruiser Colbert
October 1, 1964 - Valparaíso | Santiago, Chile - The Colbert arrives at Valparaíso. De Gaulle is received by the president of Chile. Speech in the University of Santiago
October 3, 1964 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - De Gaulle arrives in Argentina. Speech to the Congress
October 4, 1964 - Buenos Aires - Meeting with the President of Argentina, Arturo Umberto Illia
October 5, 1964 - Buenos Aires - Speech in Buenos Aires
October 6, 1964 - Córdoba, Argentina | Asunción, Paraguay - Visit to Córdoba. De Gaulle flies to Asunción, Paraguay and is received by President General Alfredo Stroessner
October 7, 1964 - Asunción, Paraguay - Meeting with President General Alfredo Stroessner
October 8, 1964 - Montevideo, Uruguay - De Gaulle arrives in Montevideo. Speech in spanish
October 9, 1964 - Montevideo - Meeting with Luis Giannattasio, President of Uruguay
October 10, 1964 - Montevideo - De Gaulle embarks on board the cruiser Colbert and departs for Rio de Janeiro
October 13, 1964 - Rio de Janeiro | Brasilia, Brazil - The Colbert arrives in Rio de Janeiro. De Gaulle is received by the President of Brazil, Marshal Humberto Castelo Branco. De Gaulle travels to Brasilia with the brazilian president, visits the Planalto Palace and the University of Brasilia
October 14, 1964 - Brasilia | São Paulo, Brazil - Meeting with Marshal Humberto Castela Branco. De Gaulle flies to São Paulo
October 15, 1964 - São Paulo | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - De Gaulle visits the National Steel Company and the Simca factory in São Paulo, then flies to Rio de Janeiro for a visit to the Military College
October 16, 1964 - Paris - Returns to Paris
October 21, 1964 - Paris - The French government announces that France will no longer participate in the Common Market if the Common Agricultural Policy is not applied
October 23, 1964 - Paris - Meeting with Eugen Gerstenmaier, President of the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany
October 24, 1964 - Paris - Beginning of peasant demonstrations throughout France
November 9, 1964 - Paris - Meeting with Konrad Adenauer, former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, who was elected corresponding member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
November 11, 1964 - Paris - De Gaulle presides over the commemorative ceremonies of the armistice of 1918 at the Arc de triomphe
November 12, 1964 - Paris - Meeting with Jean Lesage, Prime-Minister of Québec
November 17, 1964 - Paris - Meeting with King Hussein of Jordan
November 22, 1964 - Strasbourg - Speech in Strasbourg
December 13, 1964 - Paris - Meeting with Hassan II, king of Morocco
December 14, 1964 - Paris - Meeting with Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State
January 9, 1965 - Paris - De Gaulle inaugurates the CNIT Nautical Salon and congratulates Ensign Éric Tabarly on his trans-atlantic victory
January 19, 1965 - Rambouillet (Between Paris and Chartres) - Meeting with Ludwig Erhard, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) to discuss the American project of multilateral force, the reunification of Germany and the European political union
January 27, 1965 - Paris - Two-day strike in the public sector
January 29, 1965 - London, England - De Gaulle travels to London to attend the State Funeral of Winston Churchill and speaks with Harold Wilson, British Prime-Minister
February 7, 1965 - Paris - Resumption of Franco-Algerian oil negotiations
February 11, 1965 - Paris - France leaves the "Gold Exchange Standard"
February 15, 1965 - Brest - De Gaulle inspects the Naval School and the maritime prefecture in Brest
February 16, 1965 - Coëtquidan, Morbihan, Britanny - De Gaulle inspects the Saint-Cyr-Coëtquidan Military Academy and delivers a speech on the modern orientation of the army
February 27, 1965 - Paris - Meeting with Manlio Brosio, Secretary-General of NATO
March 2, 1965 - While in Paris - Agreement of the Six in Brussels on the merger of the Community institutions
March 21, 1965 - Paris - Municipal elections
March 27, 1965 - Paris - The French government rejects the Italian proposal for a Conference of Foreign Ministers on European Political Union
April 2, 1965 - Paris - Meeting with Harold Wilson, British Prime-Minister
April 5, 1965 - Paris - Meeting with Frédéric IX, King of Denmark
April 9, 1965 - Paris - The Breton unions organize a march on Paris
April 16, 1965 - Paris - France asks the United States to close their consulate in Papeete, Tahiti
April 24, 1965 - Paris - De Gaulle offers a reception for Prince Rainier III of Monaco
April 27, 1965 - Paris - Meeting with Andrei Gromyko, Soviet minister of Foreign Affairs
May 8, 1965 - Paris - De Gaulle presides over the ceremony commemorating the victory of 1945 at the Arc de Triomphe
May 14, 1965 - Nançay | Bourges - Visits the radio-astronomy observatory of Nancay and goes to Bourges with André Malraux to inaugurate the "Maison de la Culture"
May 19, 1965 - Sables-d'Olonne | Luçon - Speeches in Sables-d'Olonne and Luçon
May 20, 1965 - Angers - Speech in Angers
May 21, 1965 - Château-Gontier | Laval - Visit to Château-Gontier, where he is joined by Prime-Minister Georges Pompidou. Speech in Laval
May 28, 1965 - Paris - De Gaulle receives the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Palhavi
June 11, 1965 - Bonn, Germany - Official trip to Bonn to meet with Chancellor Ludwig Erhard
June 16, 1965 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye | Étampes | Rambouillet | Versailles - Speeches in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Étampes, Rambouillet and Versailles. De Gaulle is joined by Prime-Minister Georges Pompidou in Versailles
June 18, 1965 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
June 19, 1965 - Chartres - Speech in Chartres
June 24, 1965 - While in Paris - South Vietnam breaks off diplomatic relations with France
July 2, 1965 - Paris - Meeting with Sir Alex Douglas Home, British Foreign Affairs Minister
July 14, 1965 - Paris - Presides over the National Day ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe and attends the military parade on the Champs-Elysées
July 16, 1965 - Mont Blanc, France-Italy border - General de Gaulle delivers a speech on the occasion of the inauguration of the Mont-Blanc road tunnel and meets Giuseppe Saragat, President of the Republic of Italy
July 26, 1965 - Paris - Meeting with Jean Chapdelaine, Delegate General of Québec
September 11, 1965 - Paris - Meeting with Jozef Cyrankiewicz, Premier of Poland
September 15, 1965 - Paris - Meeting with Jozef Cyrankiewicz, Premier of Poland
September 22, 1965 - Paris - Meeting with King Hussein of Jordan
October 11, 1965 - Paris - Meeting with Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algerian minister of Foreign Affairs
November 11, 1965 - Paris - De Gaulle presides over the commemorative ceremonies of the armistice of 1918 at the Arc de triomphe
November 27, 1965 - Paris - Meeting with Paul Gérin-Lajoie and Pierre Laporte, representatives of Québec
December 19, 1965 - Paris - De Gaulle is elected President of France for a second seven-year term
December 20, 1965 - While in Paris - The Council of Ministers of the European Economic Community (EEC) meets in the absence of France
December 31, 1965 - Paris - Meeting with Arthur Goldberg, US representative to the UNO
January 20, 1966 - Paris - Meeting with Manlio Brosio, Secretary-General of NATO
January 24, 1966 - Paris - Ho Chi Minh, President of the Republic of North Vietnam addresses a letter to General de Gaulle asking for France's support in the Vietnamese affair
February 7, 1966 - Paris - Meeting with Ludwig Erhard, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
February 8, 1966 - Paris - Letter to Ho Chi Min
February 24, 1966 - Paris - Three days of strikes in the public sector
March 1, 1966 - Paris - Strike at the RATP (Autonomous Parisian Transportation Administration)
March 7, 1965 - Paris - Letter to US President Lyndon B. Johnson
March 10, 1966 - Paris - Memorandum to the fourteen NATO member countries informing them of France's withdrawal from the integrated military command. France remains, however, in the Atlantic Alliance. De Gaulle meets in Paris with Konrad Adenauer, former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
March 25, 1966 - Paris - Meeting with Indira Gandhi, Prime-Minister of India
April 21, 1966 - Paris - Two-day strike of the SNCF (National Company of French Railways)
April 23, 1966 - Lille - Speech in Lille
April 25, 1966 - Dunkirk | Calais - Visit to the port of Dunkirk. De Gaulle then visits Calais, where his brother-in-law, the deputy-mayor Jacques Vendroux introduces him to the personalities of Calais at the municipal stadium
April 30, 1966 - Paris - Meeting with Sithu U Thant, Secretary-General of the UNO
May 8, 1966 - Paris - De Gaulle presides over the ceremonies at the Arc de Triomphe commemorating the 1945 victory
May 11, 1966 - While in Paris - The six foreign ministers of the European Economic Community (EEC) sign an agreement on the financing of the common agricultural policy
May 17, 1966 - Paris - Meeting with Adolfo Lopez Mateos, President of Mexico
May 28, 1966 - Verdun - Visit to Verdun
June 15, 1966 - While in Paris - Meeting of the NATO Permanent Council without France
June 18, 1966 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
June 21, 1966 - Moscow, Soviet Union - De Gaulle arrives in Moscow and is received in the Kremlin by Nikolai Podgorny, chairman of the presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Alexis Kosygin, chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Leonid Brezhnev, secretary general of the Communist Party of the USSR and Andreï Gromyko, Minister of Foreign Affairs
June 22, 1966 - Moscow - Received in the Kremlin. Speech at the University of Moscow
June 23, 1966 - Novossibirsk - Visit to Novossibirsk in company of Nikolai Podgorny
June 25, 1966 - Baikonur, Kazakhstan | Leningrad - Visit to Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. De Gaulle arrives in Leningrad
June 26, 1966 - Leningrad - Visit to Leningrad and the Hermitage Museum
June 27, 1966 - Leningrad | Kiev - De Gaulle attends a reception given in his honor by the Municipality of Leningrad, then flies to Kiev
June 28, 1966 - Kiev | Volgograd - De Gaulle speaks with the president of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Ukraine. Visit to Volgograd and the battlefield of Stalingrad. Delivers a speech
June 29, 1966 - Voljskaya | Moscow - Visits the Voljskaya hydroelectric power station and returns to Moscow
June 30, 1966 - Moscow - De Gaulle is received in the Kremlin and visits a military unit maneuvering in the suburbs of Moscow in the company of Marshal Rodion I. Malinovsky, Minister of Defense
July 14, 1966 - Paris - De Gaulle presides over the National Day ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe and attends the military parade on the Champs-Elysées
July 21, 1966 - Bonn, Germany - General de Gaulle makes an official trip to Bonn where he talks with Ludwig Erhard, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany on the reunification of the two Germanies and the maintenance of French troops across the Rhine. Visits former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
August 24, 1966 - Paris - Meeting with King Hussein of Jordan
August 25, 1966 - Djibouti - De Gaulle arrives in Djibouti
August 27, 1966 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - De Gaulle arrives in Ethiopia. Meeting with Emperor Hailé Sélassié
August 29, 1966 - Addis Ababa - Meeting with Emperor Hailé Sélassié
August 30, 1966 - Phnom Penh, Cambodia - De Gaulle arrives in Cambodia
September 1, 1966 - Phnom Penh | Angkor Wat, Cambodia - De Gaulle delivers a speech in front of 80,000 people in which he condemns the American intervention in Indochina and proclaims the right of the peoples of Asia to self-determination. Visit to the temples of Angkor Wat
September 2, 1966 - Nouméa, New Caledonia - De Gaulle flies to New Caledonia
September 6, 1966 - Port-Vila, New Hebrides - De Gaulle flies to the New Hebrides. Speech at Port-Vila
September 7, 1966 - Papeete, Tahiti - De Gaulle arrives in Papeete and visits the island
September 9, 1966 - Muroroa Atoll, French Polynesia - De Gaulle visits the sites of the Pacific Experimentation Center in Mururoa Atoll and embarks aboard the cruiser De Grasse
September 11, 1966 - Hao, French Polynesia - De Gaulle witnesses the explosion of the atomic bomb on board the cruiser De Grasse and inspects the Hao base
September 12, 1966 - Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe | Paris - De Gaulle flies to Paris, stopping at Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
October 20, 1966 - Paris - Meeting with Négus Hailé Sélassié, Emperor of Ethiopia
October 26, 1966 - Paris - The fourteen NATO member countries decide to transfer the headquarters of their organization from Paris to Brussels
November 11, 1966 - Paris - De Gaulle presides over the commemorative ceremonies of the armistice of 1918 at the Arc de triomphe
November 16, 1966 - Paris - Visits Marshal Alphonse Juin in hospital
November 23, 1966 - Paris - National strike day
December 1, 1966 - Paris - Meeting with Alexei Kosygin, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
December 2, 1966 - Paris - Meeting with Alexei Kosygin
December 8, 1966 - Paris - Meeting with Alexei Kosygin
December 14, 1966 - Paris - Meetings with Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State and Willy Brandt, German Minister of Foreign Affairs
December 20, 1966 - Paris - Meeting with the Duke of Edinburgh
December 21, 1966 - Paris - Signature of a Franco-German agreement on the stationing of French troops in Germany
January 13, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and Willy Brandt, german Minister of Foreign Affairs
January 24, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with Harold Wilson, british Prime-Minister and George Brown, State Secretary of Foreign Affairs, who wish to re-apply for Great Britain for entry into the Common Market
January 27, 1967 - Paris - De Gaulle pays his last respects to Marshal Alphonse Juin, then meets with Manlio Brosio, Secretary-General of NATO and Adam Rapacki, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs
February 1, 1967 - Paris - Nationwide strike in the public and private sectors
February 13, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with Jean Chapdelaine, Delegate-General of Québec
February 16, 1967 - Paris - Reception in honor of Princess Margrethe of Denmark
February 20, 1967 - Paris - Reception in honor of Konrad Adenauer, former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
February 24, 1967 - Paris - Strikes at the SNCF (National Company of French Railways)
March 28, 1967 - Paris - Two-day strike at RATP (Autonomous Parisian Transportation Administration)
March 29, 1967 - Cherbourg - Presides to the launching of the ballistic missile nuclear submarine "Le Redoutable"
April 1, 1967 - Paris - Following the renewal of the National Assembly, Georges Pompidou, Prime Minister resigns his government
April 6, 1967 - Paris - De Gaulle re-appoints Georges Pompidou, Prime Minister
April 7, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with Hubert Humphrey, US Vice-President, about the treaty on the non-dissemination of nuclear weapons
April 25, 1967 - Cologne, Germany - Attends Konrad Adenauer's funeral in Cologne. On this occasion, he talks with US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Harold Wilson, British Prime-Minister
May 8, 1967 - Paris - De Gaulle presides over the ceremony commemorating the victory of 1945 at the Arc de Triomphe. Meeting with Hailé Sélassié, Emperor of Ethiopia
May 18, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with Daniel Johnson, Prime-Minister of Québec
May 21, 1967 - Paris - De Gaulle attends the final of the French football cup at the "Parc des Princes"
May 24, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with Abba Eban, Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister
May 26, 1967 - Le Bourget - Presides over the inauguration of the 27th International Paris Air Show
May 29, 1967 - Rome, Italy - De Gaulle arrives in Rome and is welcomed by Giuseppe Saragat, President of Italy. He takes part in the summit conference of the six States of the Common Market which met on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the conclusion of the Treaty of Rome
May 30, 1967 - Rome - Meeting with Giuseppe Saragat, President of Italy
May 31, 1967 - Vatican, Rome - De Gaulle visits the Vatican and is received by Pope Paul VI
June 1, 1967 - Venice, Italy | Paris - Visit to Venice, Italy. De Gaulle returns to Paris on the same day
June 2, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with King Fayçal of Saudi Arabia
June 3, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with Abba Eban, Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister
June 16, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union
June 18, 1967 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
June 19, 1967 - Versailles - Meeting with Harold Wilson, british Prime-Minister
June 21, 1967 - Paris - De Gaulle makes a statement to the Council of Ministers condemning the American intervention in Vietnam and the Israeli attack on June 5
June 27, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with Cevdet Sunay, President of Turkey
June 29, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with Cevdet Sunay, President of Turkey
July 1, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union
July 4, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with King Hussein of Jordan
July 12, 1967 - Bonn, Germany - Official trip to Bonn. De Gaulle meets with Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. He proposes a close understanding between the two countries in order to "avoid American preponderance"
July 14, 1967 - Paris - De Gaulle presides over the National Day ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe and attends the military parade on the Champs-Elysées
July 15, 1967 - Brest - De Gaulle embarks aboard the cruiser Colbert for Québec
July 20, 1967 - Saint Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon - The Colbert arrives at Saint-Pierre. De Gaulle visits the city of Saint-Pierre and embarks again aboard the Colbert for Quebec
July 23, 1967 - Québec, Québec, Canada - De Gaulle is welcomed at Quebec City by Roland Michener, Governor General of Canada and Hugues Lapointe, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Quebec. He delivers a speech at Quebec City Hall and attends the dinner given in his honor at the Château Frontenac by Daniel Johnson, Prime Minister of the Government of Quebec
July 24, 1967 - Montreal, Canada - De Gaulle arrives in Montreal and delivers a speech from the balcony at Montreal's city hall, shouting "Vive le Québec libre! Vive le Canada français! Et vive la France!" (Long live free Quebec! Long live French Canada, and long live France!)
July 25, 1967 - While In Montreal - The Federal Council of Ministers in Paris issues a press release deeming de Gaulle's speech in Québec as "unacceptable"
July 26, 1967 - Montreal, Canada - Speech at the University of Montreal
July 27, 1967 - Paris - Returns to Paris
August 30, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with General Konstantin Koca Popovic, member of the Federal Executive Council of Yugoslavia, sent by Marshal Tito
September 5, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with Cheikh Sabah Al-Salam al Sabah, Emir of Kuwait
September 6, 1967 - Warsaw, Poland - De Gaulle arrives in Warsaw, Poland
September 8, 1967 - Kraków, Poland - Visit to the Lenin steel factory in Nowa Huta, Kraków. De Gaulle visits the Jagiellonian University and delivers a speech there
September 9, 1967 - Auschwitz | Katowice | Gdansk - De Gaulle visits the Auschwitz camp, the Katowice coal basin and delivers a speech in Gdansk
September 10, 1967 - Gdansk | Gdynia | Warsaw - De Gaulle attends mass at Oliwa Cathedral, then goes to Gdynia aboard a ship and lays a wreath in the French cemetery before returning to Warsaw
September 11, 1967 - Warsaw - Speech in Warsaw
September 12, 1967 - Warsaw | Paris - Meeting with Wadyslaw Gomulka before flying to Paris
October 6, 1967 - Paris - Inaugurates the 54th "Salon de l'automobile" in Paris
October 11, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with Jean Chapdelaine, delegate general of Québec
October 13, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with Manlio Brosio, Secretary-General of NATO
October 19, 1967 - Paris - Strikes in France
October 22, 1967 - Andorra - De Gaulle arrives in Andorra
October 23, 1967 - Andorra | Perpignan - Speech in Andorra. Visit to Perpignan
October 24, 1967 - Paris - Returns to Paris
October 25, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with King Hussein of Jordan
November 3, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with Jack Lynch, Prime-Minister of Ireland
November 6, 1967 - Pierrelatte | Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, SE France - General de Gaulle visits the Très-Haute plant of the Pierrelatte nuclear center and the building housing the engine of the nuclear submarine in Cadarache
November 7, 1967 - Salon-de-Provence | Istres - De Gaulle inspects the Salon-de-Provence Air School and delivers a speech to the officer cadets. He inspects the crews and aircraft of the strategic air forces in Istres
November 16, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with Klaus Schütz, Mayor of West Berlin
November 17, 1967 - Paris - Three-day strikes at the SNCF (National Company of French Railways)
December 5, 1967 - Paris - Meeting with General Sabri, Chief of Staff of the Iraqi army and Jean Drapeau, Mayor of Montreal (Québec)
January 9, 1968 - Paris - Letter to David Ben-Gurion
January 15, 1968 - Paris - First clashes between students and the police at the Faculty of Letters of Nanterre
February 3, 1968 - Paris - Attends the reception given in his honor at the German Embassy in Paris by Heinrich Lübke, President of the Federal Republic of Germany
February 5, 1968 - Grenoble - At Grenoble (Isère) for the tenth Winter Olympic Games
February 6, 1968 - Grenoble - Presides over the opening ceremony of the tenth Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble, in the presence of Avery Brundage, President of the International Olympic Committee and the Empress of Iran
February 8, 1968 - Toulon - De Gaulle travels to Toulon to attend religious and military ceremonies in memory of the officers and sailors who disappeared on January 27 with the submarine Minerve. He visits the submarine base, delivers a speech in memory of the missing sailors and carries out a sea trip and a dive aboard the submarine Eurydice
February 14, 1968 - Paris - Meeting with Maha Thray Sithu U Thant, Secretary-General of UNO
February 15, 1968 - Paris - Meeting with Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Chancellor of the German Federal Republic
March 7, 1968 - Paris - Meeting with Jean Chapdelaine, Delegate-General of Québec
March 23, 1968 - Lyon - Visits the International Fair in Lyon
March 29, 1968 - Paris - Two hundred French, German, Belgian, Italian and Dutch students occupy an amphitheater at the Sorbonne
April 2, 1968 - Paris - New incidents at the Faculty of Letters of Nanterre
April 23, 1968 - Paris - Violent clashes between students at the Faculty of Letters of Nanterre
May 3, 1968 - Paris - Student riots in the Quartier Latin in Paris
May 4, 1968 - Paris - Closure of the Sorbonne
May 7, 1968 - Paris - Riot night in the Quartier Latin
May 8, 1968 - Paris - De Gaulle presides over the ceremony commemorating the victory of 1945 at the Arc de Triomphe
May 10, 1968 - Paris - "Night of the barricades" in the Quartier Latin, Paris
May 13, 1968 - Paris - General strike across France and mass demonstration in Paris. The Sorbonne is occupied by students
May 14, 1968 - Bucharest, Romania - Flies to Bucharest, Romania, where he is received by Nicolae Ceaucescu, President of the Council of State and by Ion Gheorghe Maurer, President of the Council of Ministers. In France, Extension of the general strike with occupation of premises in many factories (Renault, Berliet, Rhodiaceta, etc.) and in public services. The workers refuse any collusion with the students
May 15, 1968 - Bucharest - Meeting with Nicolae Ceaucescu and speech in Bucharest. In Paris, the students occupy the Odéon Theatre
May 16, 1968 - Craiova, Romania - Visit and speech in Craiova
May 17, 1968 - Bucharest, Romania - De Gaulle returns to Bucharest, via Tirgoviste and Ploiesti
May 18, 1968 - Bucharest | Paris - Meeting with Nicolae Ceaucescu. Returns to Paris
May 20, 1968 - Paris - More than 10 million workers on strike in France
May 22, 1968 - Paris - Opening of negotiations between the government, the trade unions and the CNPF (National Council of French Employers) at the Ministry of Social Affairs. General strike at ORTF (Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française)
May 25, 1968 - Paris - Opening of negotiations between the government, the trade unions and the CNPF (National Council of French Employers) at the Ministry of Social Affairs. General strike at ORTF (Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française)
May 29, 1968 - Baden-Baden, Germany - De Gaulle disappears without notifying Prime Minister Pompidou or anyone else in the government. He fled to Baden-Baden in Germany to meet with General Massu, head of the French military there, to discuss possible army intervention against the protesters. De Gaulle returns to Colombey-les-Deux-Églises after being assured of the military's support, in return for which De Gaulle agreed to amnesty for the 1961 coup plotters and OAS members
May 30, 1968 - Paris - Returns to Paris. Pompidou persuaded him to dissolve parliament (in which the government had all but lost its majority in the March 1967 elections) and hold new elections instead
June 4, 1968 - Paris - Resumption of work in public services and some companies
June 11, 1968 - Paris - Last big day of student riots in Paris
June 12, 1968 - Paris - End of the strike at ORTF (Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française)
June 16, 1968 - Paris - The Sorbonne is evacuated by the police
June 18, 1968 - Mont-Valérien - De Gaulle presides, at Mont-Valérien, the commemorative ceremony of the appeal of June 18, 1940
June 26, 1968 - Paris - General return to work in France
July 10, 1968 - Paris - After accepting the resignation of the government of Georges Pompidou, de Gaulle appoints Maurice Couve de Murville Prime Minister
July 14, 1968 - Paris - De Gaulle presides over the National Day ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe and attends the military parade on the Champs-Elysées
August 21, 1968 - Paris - De Gaulle firmly condemns the soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
August 24, 1968 - While in Paris - Explosion of the first French thermonuclear bomb below the atoll of Fangataufa, French Polynesia
September 27, 1968 - Bonn, Germany - Official trip to Bonn to meet with german Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger, on the intervention of Soviet forces in Czechoslovakia, the defense of Federal Germany, the relations between Franco-German forces in the Atlantic Alliance and the eventual entry of Great Britain into the Common Market
October 4, 1968 - Paris - Inaugurates the 55th International Motor Show at the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Center in Paris
October 22, 1968 - Paris - Meeting with King Hussein of Jordan
October 25, 1968 - Ankara, Turkey - De Gaulle flies to Ankara and is at the airport by Cevdet Sunay, President of Turkey and Süleyman Demirel, Prime-Minister of Turkey
October 26, 1968 - Istanbul, Turkey - Meeting with Cevdet Sunay and Süleyman Demirel. De Gaulle visits Istanbul
October 27, 1968 - Istanbul - Speech in Istanbul and Bosphorus excursion aboard the yacht Savarona
October 28, 1968 - Istanbul | Ankara, Turkey - De Gaulle visits the Seraglio of Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia and Sultan Ahmet Mosque. Later, he returns to Ankara
October 29, 1968 - Ankara, Turkey - Attends a military parade with Cevdet Sunay
October 30, 1968 - Paris - Returns to Paris
November 11, 1968 - Paris - De Gaulle presides over the commemorative ceremonies of the armistice of 1918 at the Arc de triomphe
November 28, 1968 - Paris - Meeting with Amir Abbas Hoveyda, Prime-Minister of Iran
January 3, 1969 - Paris - Following the Israeli raid on Beirut (Lebanon), de Gaulle decides to impose an embargo of French military equipment to Israel
January 9, 1969 - Paris - Meeting with Georges Pompidou, former french Prime-Minister
January 24, 1969 - Paris - Meeting with Keith Holyoake, Prime-Minister of New Zealand
February 1, 1969 - Brest - De Gaulle inspects Brest Naval Base
February 2, 1969 - Quimper - Visit to Quimper
February 4, 1969 - Paris - Meeting with Sir Christopher Soames, British Ambassador, to discuss the British candidacy for the Common Market
February 24, 1969 - Paris - Surprise strike at the SNCF (National Company of French Railways)
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March 1, 1969 - Versailles - Meeting with US President, Richard Nixon
March 2, 1969 - Paris - Meeting with US President, Richard Nixon
March 11, 1969 - Paris - 24-hour national strike in the nationalized and private sectors
March 13, 1969 - Paris - Meeting with Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
March 15, 1969 - Paris - Partial strike at the SNCF (National Company of French Railways)
March 30, 1969 - Washington D.C. - De Gaulle arrives in Washington D.C. To attend General Dwight D. Eisenhower's funeral
April 2, 1969 - Paris - Meeting with King Hussein of Jordan
April 25, 1969 - Colombey-les-deux-Églises - Leaves Paris for Colombey-les-deux-Eglises
April 28, 1969 - Colombey-les-deux-Églises - De Gaulle resigns the presidency following the rejection of his proposed reform of the Senate and local governments ina nationwide referendum
May 10, 1969 - Cork | Sneem (Kerry), SW Ireland - De Gaulle flies to Cork, Ireland, where he is greeted at the airfield by irish Prime-Minister Jack Lynch. He arrives at Sneem (Kerry) to stay for a few days
May 23, 1969 - Cashel, Connemara, W Ireland - Two day stay at Cashel (Connemara)
June 3, 1969 - Killarney, SW Ireland - Visit to Killarney
June 4, 1969 - Ard na Sidhe, SW Ireland - De Gaulle stays until June 17th at Dairy Cottage, property of Lady Beatrice Grosvenor
June 17, 1969 - Dublin, Ireland - De Gaulle is received by Eamon De Valera, President of Ireland
June 19, 1969 - Dublin, Ireland | Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, France - De Gaulle receives members of the MacCartan family, to which he is related, at the presidential palace and attends the lunch given in his honor by Jack Lynch, at Dublin Castle. He returns to Colombey-les-deux-Eglises in the same day
December 11, 1969 - Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - De Gaulle receives André Malraux at Colombey-les-deux-Églises
April 21, 1970 - Colombey-les-deux-Églises - Publication at the Plon Bookstore of "Pendant la guerre", first volume of "Discours et Messages" (18 juin 1940 to 20 janvier 1946)
May 21, 1970 - Colombey-les-deux-Églises - Publication at the Plon Bookstore of "Dans l'attente", second volume of "Discours et Messages" (january 1946-may 1958)
June 3, 1970 - Château de Roumegouse, E. of Bergerac - De Gaulle reaches the Château de Roumegouse on his way to Spain and spends the night there
June 4, 1970 - Santillana del Mar, Spain - De Gaulle reaches Santillana del Mar, via Mont-de-Marsan and Irun
June 5, 1970 - Cambados | Santiago de Compostela, Spain - Stays at Cambados for two days. Visit to the Cathedral of St.James in Santiago de Compostela
June 8, 1970 - Madrid | Escorial | Toledo, Spain - De Gaulle visits the Escorial, then goes to Madrid where he is received by General Franco. Later he visit the Prado museum and reaches Toledo
June 9, 1970 - Toledo | near Jaen, Spain - Visit to Toledo. De Gaulle reaches Jaen, Andalucia
June 11, 1970 - Granada, Spain - De Gaulle visits the gardens of the Alhambra in Granada
June 13, 1970 - Ávila | Segovia | Burgos - De Gaulle crosses Avila, Segovia and Burgos
June 18, 1970 - While near Marbella, Spain - Publication at the Plon Bookstore of "Avec le renouveau", Third volume of "Discours et Messages" (may 1958-july 1962)
June 24, 1970 - Sevilla | Mérida | Cáceres | Plasencia - De Gaulle visits Seville Cathedral, Merida, Caceres and Plasencia
June 25, 1970 - Ávila | Segovia | Burgos - Again, de Gaulle crosses Avila, Segovia and Burgos
June 26, 1970 - Roncesvalles, Spain | near Meyrueis, France - De Gaulle crosses the border to France at Roncesvalles and spends the night in the château d'Ayres, near Meyrueis
June 27, 1970 - Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - De Gaulle returns to Colombey-les-deux-Églises
July 3, 1970 - While in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - Publication at the Plon Bookstore of "Pour l'effort", fourth volume of "Discours et Messages" (August 1962-December 1965)
September 18, 1970 - While in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - Publication at the Plon Bookstore of "Vers le terme", fifth volume of "Discours et Messages" (1966-1969)
October 23, 1970 - While in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - Publication at the Plon Bookstore of "Le Renouveau", the first volume of "Mémoires d'espoir" (1958-1962)
November 9, 1970 - Colombey-les-Deux-Églises - Charles de Gaulle dies, aged 79 =(END)
