# Dreyfus arrested for treason (1894)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1894-dreyfus-arrested-for-treason
Location: Paris
Categories: main-event

Captain Alfred Dreyfus was falsely accused of passing military secrets to Germany. Within the broader Third Republic period, The Third Republic survived war, the Commune, constitutional crises and fierce ideological conflict. It expanded mass schooling and empire, faced the Dreyfus Affair, fought World War I and entered the troubled interwar era. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Jean Casimir-Perier (President of the French Republic). Dreyfus arrested for treason mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Dreyfus arrested for treason mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated.

Ruler at the time: [Jean Casimir-Perier](https://history-france.com/rulers/jean-casimir-perier)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Dreyfus arrested for treason](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Dreyfus+arrested+for+treason&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Dreyfus arrested for treason](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Dreyfus+arrested+for+treason)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)