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1792
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Dr. Pierre Ordinaire writes a recipe for absinthe, and becomes one of the first to promote the virtues of the wormwood drink. |
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1797
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Henri-Louis Pernod opens his first absinthe distillery in Switzerland. |
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1805
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Henri-Louis Pernod opens larger distillery in Pontarlier, France. |
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1844
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Paul Marie Verlaine is born. |
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1850
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Henri-Louis Pernod dies. |
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1859
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Baudelaire meets Manet. |
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Manet paints The Absinthe Drinker. |
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1871
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| September |
Arthur Rimbaud arrives in Paris |
| November |
Verlaine and Rimbaud form relationship. Become inseperable for many years. |
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1873
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| July 8 |
Verlaine shoots Rimbaud in the wrist. |
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1876
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Degas paints L'Absinthe |
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1891
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Rimbaud dies in France. |
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Alfred Jarry arrives in Paris. |
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1901
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Picasso paints The Absinthe Drinker, oil on canvas, and Woman Drinking Absinthe, oil on canvas. |
| August 11 |
Pernod plant in Pontarlier catches fire when struck by lightning. The fire burns for four days. |
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1905
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| August 28 |
Jean Lanfray murders his wife while supposedly drunk on many liquors, including and especially absinthe. |
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1906
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| February 23 |
Jean Lanfray trial commences. He is convicted of murder. |
| May 15 |
Vaud legislature in Switzerland votes to ban absinthe |
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1907
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| February 2 |
Grand Conseil of Switzerland votes to ban the retail sale of absinthe and its imitations |
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1908
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| July 5 |
Article 32 added to Switzerland's federal Constitution, officially banning absinthe in Switzerland. |
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1911
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Picasso paints Glass of Absinthe, an "analytic cubist" oil on canvas. |
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1912
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Picasso paints Bottle of Pernod and Glass, a "synthetic cubist" oil on canvas. |
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1913
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Charles Foley's one-act play Absinthe performed for the first time at the Grand Guignol in Paris. |
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1914
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Picasso creates Glass of Absinthe, a painted bronze sculpture. |
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1915
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| March 4 |
Chamber of Deputies in France votes to ban absinthe. |
| March 16 |
Absinthe officially banned in France. |
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