Robert Schuman's life history
Who was Robert Schuman? Where did he come from? What did he do? What were the major dates in his life?
| 1886 | 29 June: Birth in Clausen, a suburb of Luxembourg. |
| 1900 | Father, Jean-Pierre Schuman dies. |
| 1896-1903 | Secondary education at the Athénée - Luxembourg |
| 1904 | Baccalauréat at the Lycée Impérial - Metz. |
| 1904-1910 | Read law at the Universities of Berlin, Munich, Bonn and Strasbourg |
| 1911 | Mother, née Eugénie Duren dies. |
| 1912 | Final examination in Strasbourg, called to the bar in Alsace Lorraine - opens own legal offices/Metz. |
| 1913 | German Catholic Congress (Katholikentag) in Metz. |
| 1914 | Called up for service in an auxiliary service of the German army - Metz. |
| 1915 | Seconded to the Civil Service in Boulay. |
| 1919 | Elected MP for Moselle, Appointed to the Consultative Council of Alsace Lorraine in Strasbourg (President of the Council for General Affairs linked to administration, legislation and security). |
| 1920 | Nominated for the Consultative Council of Alsace Lorraine in Strasbourg (President of the Council in charge of general issues linked to administration, legislation and security). |
| 1924 | Re-elected as MP for Moselle. |
| 1928 | Elected MP for the constituency of Thionville East. |
| 1929 | Member of the Finance Commission (until 1939, Secretary of this Commission from 1932-36). |
| 1932 | Re-elected MP for the constituency of Thionville East |
| 1936 | Elected General Councillor for the Cattenom region. |
| 1940 | Nominated Under Secretary for the Presidency of the Council for Refugees under the Raynaud and Pétain governments (March to July) ; 14th September arrested by the Gestapo. |
| 1941 | 13th April confined to house arrest in Neustadt (Palatinate). |
| 1942 | 1st August: escape from Neustadt. November: goes underground. |
| 1944 | September - Returns to Moselle, Elected MP for Moselle. |
| 1945 | Elected MP for the Moselle. Member of the Finance Commission (November 1945- May 1946). |
| 1946 | Re-elected MP for the Moselle. Member of the Finance Commission. |
| 1947 | Finance Ministry under the Ramadier Government (January to November) President of the Council (24th November to 19th July 1948). |
| 1948 | Appointed Foreign Minister. |
| 1951 | Re-elected MP for Moselle. |
| 1955 | President of the European Movement (1955-1961). |
| 1956 | Re-elected MP for Moselle. |
| 1958 | President of the European Parliamentary Assembly in Strasbourg (1958-1960). Speech by Robert Schuman on 19 March 1958 |
| 1960 | At the end of his term in office the European Parliament awarded him the title "Father of Europe". |
| 1962 | Retirement from political life. |
| 1963 | 4th September : Robert Schuman dies in Scy-Chazelles |
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