15 October

Dreyfus is made to take a dictation test at the War Ministry and arrested.

Dreyfus Affair Disputed verdict

A torn note from a wastebasket, a Jewish captain sent to Devil's Island, and the real spy acquitted in three minutes: the injustice that split France.

She is shot by firing squad at Vincennes after President Poincaré refuses clemency.

Mata Hari Executed

France shot the famous dancer as a German spy in 1917. She took money from both sides; whether she gave either anything of value is still argued.