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| 1933, Dec |
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| The Stavisky case. Alexandre Stavisky, a Russian promoter involved in the floating of a fraudulent bond issue by the municipal pawnshop of Bayonne, fled to escape arrest and when cornered was alleged to have committed suicide. Royalists and Fascists stirred up an agitation against the republic which recalled the Dreyfus case. It was believed that important officials and politicians were involved and that their guilt was being concealed. The full facts were never made known. | 1 |
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| 1934, Feb. 6–7 |
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| SERIOUS RIOTS IN PARIS and other cities, resulting from the Stavisky case. | 2 |
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| Feb. 8 |
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| A coalition cabinet under ex-president Doumergue, including leaders of all parties except Royalists, Socialists, and Communists, formed to avert civil war. The Chamber voted the government the right to rule by decree on economic matters (Feb. 28). | 3 |
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| Feb. 12 |
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| The General Confederation of Labor (CGT) organized a general strike in a call for unity on the Left. | 4 |
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| July 27 |
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| The Socialists and Communists signed an agreement to end mutual attacks and form a united front. The prominent Communist Maurice Thorez first called for a Popular Front against fascism, uniting Socialists, Communists, and Radicals, in October. | 5 |
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| Nov |
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| Fall of the Doumergue ministry, Doumergue having proposed a constitutional reform by which a change of ministry should, as in Britain, necessitate a new election. The coalition was reorganized under Pierre Flandin. | 6 |
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