Crisis Era Timeline Flashcards
77% voted for Pro-Weimar party in Reichstag election
January 1919
Spartacist rising in Berlin
5th January 1919
Weimar constitution drafted and ratified
Early 1919
The Kaiser is forced to abdicate and flees to Belgium.
9th November 1918
Ebert is put in charge of the country
9th November 1918
Kurt Eisner declares a socialist republic in Bavaria
November 1918
Riots and violence occur in Germany’s major cities.
Early November 1918
USPD threatens to withdraw from Government unless the Kaiser abdicates
7th November 1918
Ebert-Groener pact is signed
10th November 1918
Armistice
11th November 1918
ZAG ratified
15th November 1918
Councils vote in favour of rule by National Assembly
December 1918
Prince Max of Bavaria becomes Chancellor
3rd October 1918
200,000 Berliners go on strike
January 1918
SPD are the biggest party in the election for the first time
Pre-WW1
SPD splits after the Russian revolution
1917
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
March 1918
Reichstag peace resolution passes 212:206
July 1918
Ludendorff offensive fails
Spring 1918
Burgfrieden is proclaimed
Early WW1
Wilson’s 3rd note
23rd October 1918
OHL recommend that the Kaiser abdicates
29th September 1918
The OHL is sidelined
26th October 1918
Growth of sailors, soldiers and workers councils across Germany
Late October 1918
First constitutional reforms
28th October 1918
Sailors Mutiny at Kiel
Late October 1918
First Friekorps formation near Hagen
14th December 1918
Ebert is made president
11th February 1919
Weimar Republic is established and Hugo Preuss drafts the constitution
Early 1919
Treaty of Versailles
28th June 1919
The Kapp Putsch
17th March 1920
The Kapp Putsch is overthrown
20th March 1920
Socialist parties receive 40% of the vote in Reichstag election
6th June 1920
WW1 reparations are set to 6.6m marks
April 1920
Rapallo pact is made is made with Russia
April 1922
Rathenau is assassinated
24th June 1922
France occupies the Ruhr
27th December 1922