Sciences Po, officially the Paris Institute of Political Studies, began as the Ecole libre des sciences politiques, a private school established by Emile Boutmy in Paris after France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. Boutmy wanted to educate a new elite able to lead the country, and the school trained generations of diplomats, civil servants and politicians. After the Second World War, in 1945, the school was nationalised and replaced by the Institute and the Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, and the training for the senior civil service was moved to the new Ecole nationale d'administration. Its graduates include presidents such as Jacques Chirac and Emmanuel Macron, and it is one of France's best-known institutions for the social sciences.
Before and after
- 1872Publication of Around the World in Eighty Days
- from 1872 to 1878Kulturkampf
- 1872Impression, Sunrise
- 1872Founding of Tokyo National Museum
- 1872Founding of Paris Institute of Political Studies
- March 1872Founding of Rangers F.C.
- 1 March 1872Establishment of Yellowstone National Park
- 7 March 1872Birth of Piet Mondrian
- 13 April 1872Identification of Huntington's disease
More in Society, economy & sport
- 12 May 1792Founding of New York Stock Exchange
- 17 February 1863Founding of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- 23 June 1894Founding of International Olympic Committee
- from 6 April 1896 to 15 April 1896The first modern Olympic Games open in Athens
- 1903Rise of Bolsheviks
- 21 May 1904Founding of FIFA
The era
This moment belongs to the Industrial era (1760 CE to 1914 CE), steam, factories and revolutions. You can also browse everything in the 19th century.