Labels:text | font | screenshot | plaque OCR: 31 May: Cezanne is a witness at the marriage of Zola and Alexandrine Meley at Paris. Following the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War (19 July), he and Hortense Fiquet take refuge in L'Estaque for a year .. 4 September: The Republic is proclaimed following the defeat at Sedan (2 September) and the capitulation of Napoleon III. 18 November: While at L'Estaque, Cezanne is elected chairman of the committee of the School of Drawing, but he did not attend meetings. The committee is dissolved on 19 April 187