| Jean Monnet |
European Construction |
1888: Birth in Cognac (8 November)
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1914-1918: World War I
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1906-1914: Representative for family business in Europe and North America
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1919: Signing of the Treaty of Versailles (28 June); Creation of the League of Nations
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1914-1918: In charge of Franco-British pool vessels in London
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1928: Kellogg-Briand Pact “outlaws” war, signed by 54 countries
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1919-1923 : Nominated as Deputy Secretary General of the League of Nations
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1939-1945: World War II
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1923: Returns to family business due to financial difficulties
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1949: Creation of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) (April) and the Democratic Republic of Germany (October)
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1927-1928: Participation in the economic recovery of certain Eastern European countries; contributed to the creation of the Polish Zloty and the Romanian Leu
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1950: Signing of the Schuman Declaration, calling for the pooling together of coal and steel production between France and Germany, open to other European countries (9 May)
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1929 : Founder and Co-President of a major American bank in San Francisco: Bancamerica-Blair
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1951: Signing of the Treaty of Paris, instituting the European Coal and Steel Community (CECA) by France, the FRG, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (18 April)
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1934-1936: Assumed his position as Special Advisor to Chiang Kai-shek in China
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1957: Signing of the Treaty of Rome: creation of the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC) (25 March) |
| 1938: Special mission as a secret envoy to the United States by the President of the Council, Edouard Daladier, in order to purchase American war planes |
1962: Launch of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
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| 1940: Proposal of a total Franco-British union; sent to Washington by the English to negotiate the purchase of war materials |
1968: Signing of the Customs Union between the six countries
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| 1942: Launching of the “Victory Program” initiative; America becomes the “arsenal of democracy” |
1973: Addition of the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark; first oil crisis |
| 1943: Special mission to Algeria, participation with Charles De Gaulle in the Provisional Government of the French Republic until 1945 |
1979: European Monetary System (EMS) goes into effect. First European Parliament elections with universal suffrage |
| 1946: Founder and director of the planning commission to equip and modernize France |
1981: Addition of Greece
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1950: Conception of a mutual coal-steel plan between France and Germany
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1985: Signing of the Schengen Agreement, intended for the progressive elimination of borders and for the free movement of citizens (14 June) |
| 1952-1955: President of the High Authority of the CECA |
1986: Addition of Spain and Portugal; the Single European Act goes into effect |
| 1955: Resigns as President of CECA, founder of the Action Committee for the United Sates of Europe |
1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall (9 November)
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| 1975: Retires from politics and writes his memoir (published in 1976) |
1990: Reunification of Germany (3 October)
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| 1979: Dies in Houjarray (16 March) |
1992: Signing of the Maastricht Treaty (7 February) |
| 1982: The Home of Jean Monnet becomes a property of the European Parliament |
1993: The Single Market goes into effect (1 January); creation of the European Union (1 November) |
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1988 : Entry into the Pantheon (9 November)
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1995: Addition of Austria, Sweden, and Finland
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1997: Signing of the Treaty of Amsterdam (17 June)
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1999: The Euro goes into effect in eleven countries of the EU (1 January)
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2002: The scriptural Euro goes into effect in thirteen countries of the EU
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2004: Addition of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Malta, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Cyprus (1 May)
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2007: Addition of Bulgaria and Romania; Signing of the Treaty of Lisbon (13 December)
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Jean Monnet 