# Dreyfus fully exonerated (1906)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1906-dreyfus-fully-exonerated
Location: Paris
Categories: main-event

The Court of Cassation annulled Dreyfus’s conviction and he returned to the army. 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 Armand Fallières (President of the French Republic). Dreyfus fully exonerated 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 fully exonerated mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated.

Ruler at the time: [Armand Fallières](https://history-france.com/rulers/armand-fallieres)

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