| 1819 | First edition of René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laënnec’s Traité de l’auscultation médiate published |
| 1829 | Annales d’hygiène publique et de médecine légale, France’s first journal of public health, founded |
| 1830 | Louis-René Villermé’s study of differential mortality in Parisian neighborhoods published in Annales d’hygiène publique |
| 1865 | Jean-Antoine Villemin demonstrates transmissibility of tuberculosis in laboratory |
| 1867–1868 | Academy of Medicine debates contagiousness of tuberculosis |
| 1870–1871 | Franco-Prussian War, Prussian siege of Paris, Paris Commune |
| 1879 | Inauguration of municipal health department and casier sanitaire des maisons in Le Havre |
| 1882 | Robert Koch isolates and identifies tubercle bacillus, causal agent of tuberculosis |
| 1894 | Casier sanitaire des maisons begins operation in Paris |
| 1894–1897 | First major revolutionary syndicalist writings on tuberculosis published by Fernand Pelloutier and by the Groupe des étudiants socialistes révolutionnaires internationalistes |
| 1898 | Academy of Medicine report “On the Prophylaxis of Tuberculosis,” first major manifesto of mainstream War on Tuberculosis, delivered by Joseph Grancher |
| 1899 | First government-appointed commission on tuberculosis convened |
| 1901 | Lionel Amodru reports to parliament on necessary measures to halt spread of tuberculosis |
| “Permanent” commission on tuberculosis established under Ministry of Interior | |
| First antituberculosis dispensary opened in Lille under direction of Albert Calmette | |
| 1902 | Public health law passed, mandating creation of municipal health departments in large cities |
| 1904 | Revolutionary syndicalist Marc Pierrot’s lengthy series, “The War on Tuberculosis,” published in Les Temps nouveaux |
| 1905 | International Tuberculosis Congress meets in Paris |
| 1906 | Revolutionary syndicalist campaign for eight-hour day culminates in strikes and protests beginning May 1 |
| 1914–1918 | World War I |
| 1916 | Léon Bourgeois law passed, providing for widespread establishment of antituberculosis dispensaries |
| 1919 | André Honnorat law passed, providing for widespread establishment of sanatoriums |
