Henri La Fontaine
1854 – 1943 · aged 89
Belgian lawyer, politician and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1854-1943)
- Born
- 22 Apr 1854 · Brussels
- Died
- 14 May 1943 · Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
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- 22 Apr 1854BornBorn in Brussels
- 1895 – 1898RoleProvincial senator
- 1900 – 1932RoleProvincial senator
- 1913AwardNobel Peace Prize
- 1935 – 1936RoleProvincial senator
- 14 May 1943DiedDied in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1854 – 1943).
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
Biography
Henri La Fontaine (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi lafɔ̃ˈtɛn]; 22 April 1854 – 14 May 1943), was a Belgian international lawyer and president of the International Peace Bureau. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1913 because "he was the effective leader of the peace movement in Europe."
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